Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) - Wikipedia
K-141 Kursk was a Project 949A class Antey (Russian: Aнтей, meaning Antaeus) submarine of the Oscar class, known as the Oscar II by its NATO reporting name, and was the penultimate submarine of the Oscar II class designed and approved in the Soviet Union.
Kursk submarine disaster - Wikipedia
The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, with the loss of all 118 personnel on board. The submarine, which was of the Project 949A -class (Oscar II class), was taking part in the first major Russian naval exercise in …
Kursk submarine disaster | Russian Navy, Nuclear Accident
Over the weekend of August 12–13, 2000, while on a naval exercise inside the Arctic Circle, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea with all hands on board. The entire 118-strong crew perished on the Oscar II class submarine, built in 1994.
The Kursk Submarine Disaster Claimed the Lives of 118 Russian …
Jun 12, 2023 · K-141 Kursk was an Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine operated by the Russian Navy. Commissioned in December 1994, she represented the peak of the country’s nuclear vessel technology, and was the second-largest cruise missile submersible ever constructed.
On This Day 24 Years Ago: Russia's Kursk Submarine Disaster
Aug 12, 2024 · On this day 24 years ago, Russia’s Kursk submarine sank following an explosion during naval exercises in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 personnel on board — a tragedy that became one of the...
The True Story of the Russian Kursk Submarine Disaster - Popular Mechanics
Jun 21, 2023 · In 2000, one of the worst peacetime submarine accidents ever took place off the coast of Russia. A huge explosion sank the giant nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, killing most of its crew and...
The Kursk's Loss Offers Lessons | Proceedings - June 2003 Vol.
The Oscar II (Project 949A)-class nuclear-powered cruise-missile attack submarine (SSGN) Kursk (K-141) was built at the Soviet Severodvinsk shipyard on the White Sea in 1993-1994 and commissioned in 1995. Since 1986, 12 submarines of this class were built in the Severodvinsk yard and commissioned.
The Tragedy Of The Russian Submarine "Kursk" - A Naval …
Jul 29, 2016 · The Oscar-class, nuclear-powered submarine Kursk (K-141), named after the location of the famous WWII tank battle, sank on 12th of August, 2000, in the Barents Sea in northern Russia, claiming the lives of 118 men.
Kursk Submarine Disaster - Encyclopedia.com
On Saturday, August 12, 2000, the nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine Kursk (K-141), one of Russia 's most modern submarines, was lost with all 118 crewmembers during a large-scale exercise of the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea.
K-141 Kursk Accident - GlobalSecurity.org
K-141 Kursk Accident. On or about 12 August 2000, the tenth unit of the Oscar-II class, the K-141 Kursk, sank about 100 miles from the Russian port of Murmansk. At the time the boat was...