The Kursk's commanders and most of the crew in the front compartments were killed as two blasts 135 seconds apart sent the mighty submarine to the bottom of the Barents Sea, Ustinov told The ...

The K-141 Kursk Submarine was a powerful vessel. If its 509-foot hull had been placed vertically where it sank, it would have ...

Key Kursk Facts The outer hull of the Oscar II submarine was made of high-nickel, high-chrome content stainless steel that was .33 inches (8.5mm) thick. It had exceptionally good resistance to ...

Ten Russian children whose lives were shattered by the Kursk submarine disaster were today welcomed to Britain at the start of a week-long holiday. Each child lost their father when the stricken ...

The tragedy has echoes of the sinking of the Kursk submarine in 2000, also in the Barents Sea, that claimed 118 lives Two days after the tragedy the defense ministry Sergei Shoigu described the ...

Ceremonies are being held in Russia and on board its naval vessels to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. The submarine, one of the Russian navy's most ...

Kursk submarine tragedy has its own place in the world navy history. What is the legacy and lessons of that incident? What has changed in the Russian submarine industry and how an Australian ...

In August 2000, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank to the floor of Barents Sea after two explosions in its bow, killing all 118 men aboard. That accident, soon after President ...