An Antey-class submarine could dive to at least 1,968 feet, reach an impressive underwater speed of 32 knots, and had a crew ...

The first one was also the worst when in August 2000, the nuclear-powered Kursk sank in the Barents Sea due to an explosion in its torpedo room, which killed all 118 of its crew. The submarine ...

What You Need to Know: In August 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk suffered two massive explosions during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, sinking with 118 crew aboard. Caused by a hydrogen ...

Russian defence ministry TV channel Zvezda claimed: “The crew of the Admiral Golovko frigate of the Russian Navy's Northern ...

It last happened in 2000, when the Russian submarine the Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 crew on board. How long can a crew survive submerged? The number of days that a crew can ...

Launched in 2003, Losharik was designed for research, rescue and special military operations and can hold up to 25 crew members ... nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank to the floor of Barents ...

A Russian diver entered the Kursk nuclear submarine for the first time Wednesday ... by two onboard explosions with the loss of all 118 crew. Three divers -- two Russians and a Norwegian ...

A rescue operation is launched in August 2000 to try to save more than 100 sailors on board a Russian submarine grounded at the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Kursk nuclear submarine was believed ...

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