The Kursk accident

Part of: Northern Fleet accidents and incidents

Photo: Sevmarsh

Russian nuclear-powered Oscar-II class cruise missile submarine, the Kursk, sank just outside the cost of the Kola Peninsula east of Murmansk on August 12th 2000 taking the life of 118 sailors. The submarine was raised in October 2001 to be later defuelled and scrapped. The official reason for the accident was said to be torpedo explosion.

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Alexander Raube

[ 03.03.2003 ]
Defuelled Kursk will join submarine graveyard
The two nuclear reactors of the infamous submarine Kursk are defuelled.
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photo: strana.ru

[ 21.11.2001 ]
Kursk reactors to be towed for storage in Sayda Bay
The works on the Kursk in the Roslyakovo dock will be completed in two months. Then the submarine will be scrapped.
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Photo: Vecherny Murmansk

[ 24.10.2001 ]
Eight investigation teams will work on Kursk
The last stage of the Kursk salvage operation, to establish the causes of the submarine’s disaster, has started, the Russian prosecutor general, Vladimir Ustinov, said at the press conference.
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NEWS
[ 28.01.2005 ]
Relatives of Kursk submarine crew appeal to European Court

The families of the crewmembers of the Kursk submarine which sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000 have filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on January 20.

[ 02.06.2003 ]
Kursk spent nuclear fuel delivered for reprocessing

On May 5th, the most important stage in Kursk decommissioning was completed.

[ 23.05.2003 ]
Three compartments of Kursk to be transferred to Sayda bay

Three compartments of Kursk submarine assembled in one block have been presented for inspection to the special commission, Northern Saturday Newspaper from Severodvinsk reported.

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