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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 more than 10 years.
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.
K-141 Kursk (Russian: Курск) [note 1] was an Oscar II -class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy. On 12 August 2000, K-141 Kursk was lost when it sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 personnel on board.
A Russian nuclear submarine sinks to the bottom of the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000; all 118 crew members are later found dead. The exact cause of the disaster remains unknown.
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...
Captain Lyatchin, at 45 one of Russia's most experienced submarine commanding officers, radioed the North Fleet operations center at 0851 (all times, Moscow) and got permission to fire torpedoes. The Kursk was to attack the "enemy" by firing two practice torpedoes from 1130 to 1800.
Could some of the 118 Russian sailors who died in the August 2000 Kursk submarine disaster have been saved? A high-level Russian source tells TIME they could have been if rescue gear aboard...