Kursk disaster

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Russian submarine K-141 Kursk​

The Kursk sailed out to sea to perform an exercise of firing dummy torpedoes at Pyotr Velikiy, a Kirov class battlecruiser. On August 12, 2000 at 11:28 local time (07:28 UTC), the missiles were fired, but an explosion occurred soon after on Kursk. The only credible report to-date is that this was due to the failure and explosion of one of Kursk’s new/developmental torpedoes. The chemical explosion blasted with the force of 100-250 kg of TNT and registered 2.2 on the Richter scale [1]. The submarine sank to a depth of 108 meters, approximately 135km (85 miles) off Severomorsk, at 69°40′N, 37°35′E. A second explosion 135 seconds after the initial event measured between 3.5 and 4.4 on the Richter scale, equivalent to 3-7 tons of TNT [2]. Either this explosion or the earlier one propelled large pieces of debris far back through the submarine.
Kursk was eventually raised from her grave by a Dutch team using the barge Giant 4, and 115 of the 118 dead were recovered and laid to rest in Russia. Russian officials have strenuously denied claims that the sub was carrying nuclear warheads. When the boat was raised by a salvage operation there were considerable fears moving the wreck could trigger explosions.

 

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WHAT REMAINED:

 

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List of the Kursk submarine dead

last photo of the crew.

First compartment

Crew

* Senior warrant officer Abdulkadyr ILDAROV
* Warrant officer Alexei ZUBOV
* Seaman Ivan NEFEDKOV
* Seaman Maxim BORZHOV

Staff from the Dagdizel plant at Kaspiysk, Dagestan onboard to supervise the test launch of torpedoes[1]

* Senior Lieutenant Arnold BORISOV
* Mamed GADJIEV
Second compartment

Visitors from 7th Submarine Division Headquarters

* Captain (First Grade) Vladimir BAGRYANTSEV
* Captain (Second Grade) Yury SHEPETNOV
* Captain (Second Grade) Viktor BELOGUN
* Captain (Second Grade) Vasily ISAYENKO
* Captain (Third Grade) Marat BAYGARIN

Crew

* Captain (First Grade) Gennady LYACHIN
* Captain (Second Grade) Sergei DUDKO
* Captain (Second Grade) Alexander SHUBIN
* Lieutenant-Commander Maxim SAFONOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Sergei TYLIK
* Sr. Lieutenant Vadim BUBNIV
* Captain (Third Grade) Andrei SILOGAVA
* Lieutenant-Commander Alexander SHEVCHUK
* Sr. Lieutenant Andrei PANARIN
* Sr. Lieutenant Boris GELETIN
* Sr. Lieutenant Sergei UZKIY
* Captain (Second Grade) Yury SABLIN
* Captain (Third Grade) Andrei MILYUTIN
* Lieutenant-Commander Sergei KOKURIN
* Warrant officer Vladimir KHIVUK
* Captain (Third Grade) Alexander SADKOV
* Lieutenant-Commander Mikhail RODIONOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Sergei YERAKHTIN
* Warrant officer Yakov SAMOVAROV
* Senior warrant officer Alexander RUZLYEV
* Warrant officer Konstantin KOZYREV
* Senior warrant officer Vladimir FESAK
* Warrant officer Andrei POLYANSKY
* Warrant officer Sergei KISLINSKY
* Warrant officer Sergei GRYAZNYKH
* Seaman Dmitry MIRTOV
* Petty officer (2nd class) Dmitry LEONOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Maxim RVANIN
* Seaman Andrei DRYUCHENKO
* Sr. Lieutenant Alexei IVANOV-PAVLOV
* Warrant officer Viktor PONOMARENKO
Third compartment

* Lieutenant-Commander Dmitry REPNIKOV
* Captain (Third Grade) Andrei RUDAKOV
* Lieutenant-Commander Sergei FITERER
* Lieutenant-Commander Oleg NOSIKOVSKY
* Lieutenant-Commander Vitaly SOLOREV
* Lieutenant-Commander Sergei LOGINOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Andrei KOROVYAKOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Alexei KOROBKOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Alexander GUDKOV
* Captain (Third Grade) Vyacheslav BEZSOKIRNY
* Senior warrant officer Igor YERASOV
* Senior warrant officer Vladimir SVECHKARYEV
* Senior warrant officer Sergei KALININ
* Senior warrant officer Igor FEDORICHEV
* Warrant officer Maxim VISHNYAKOV
* Warrant officer Sergei CHERNYSHOV
* Warrant officer Mikhail BELOV
* Warrant officer Pavel TAVOLZHANSKY
* Senior warrant officer Sergei VLASOV
* Warrant officer Sergei RYCHKOV
* Petty officer (2nd class) Yury ANENKOV
* Seaman Dmitry KOTKOV
* Dubbing Seaman Nikolai PAVLOV
* Seaman Ruslan TRYANICHEV
Fourth compartment

A

* Sr. Lieutenant Denis KIRICHENKO
* Captain Alexei STANKEVICH
* Warrant officer Vitaly ROMANYUK
* Senior warrant officer Vasily KICHKIRUK
* Senior warrant officer Anatoly BELYAEV
* Chief petty officer of the ship Salovat YANSAPOV
* Seaman Sergei VITCHENKO
* Seaman Oleg YEVDOKIMOV
* Seaman Dmitry STAROSLETSEV
* Seaman Alexander KHALEPO
* Seaman Alexei KOLOMEITSEV
* Seaman Igor LOGINOV

B

* Captain (Third Grade) Dmitry MURACHYOV
* Lieutenant-Commander Denis KOMAROV
* Lieutenant-Commander Sergei LYUBUSHKIN
* Captain (Third Grade) Ilya SHCHAVINSKY
* Lieutenant-Commander Andrei VASILYEV
* Captain (Third Grade) Nikolai BELOZYOROV
* Sr. Warrant Officer Ivan TSYMBAL
* Warrant Officer Oleg TROYAN
* Sr. Petty Officer Alexander NEUSTROYEV
* Seaman Alexei LARIONOV
* Warrant Officer Vladimir SHABLATOV
Fifth compartment

* Sr. Lieutenant Vitaly KUZNETSOV
* Sr. Warrant Officer Nail KHAFIZOV
* Sr. Warrant Officer Yevgeny GORBUNOV
* Warrant Officer Valery BAIBARIN
Sixth compartment

* Lieutenant-Commander Rashid ARYAPOV
* Warrant Officer Alexei BALANOV
* Sr. Lieutenant Alexei MITYAYEV
* Chief Petty Officer Vyacheslav MAINAGASHEV
* Seaman Alexei KORKIN
Seventh compartment

* Lieutenant-Commander Dmitry KOLESNIKOV
* Warrant Officer Fanis ISHMURADOV
* Petty Officer, Second Class, Vladimir SADOVOI
* Seaman Roman KUBIKOV
* Seaman Alexei NEKRASOV
* Petty Officer, First Class, Rashid ZUBAYDULLIN
* Seaman Ilya NALYOTOV
* Petty Officer, Second Class, Roman ANIKIYEV
* Sr. Warrant Officer Vladimir KOZADYOROV
Ninth compartment

* Sr. Lieutenant Alexander BRAZHKIN
* Warrant Officer Vasily IVANOV
* Warrant Officer Mikhail BOCHKOV

 

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Happier days: The Kursk nuclear submarine docked at a naval base near Vidyayevo in the spring of 2000. This video image was shot by Captain 3rd rank Andrei Silogava, who is reportedly among the 118 seamen now known to be dead.

 

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This computer-generated image shows how Norwegian divers will try to attach a flexible escape hose from a British rescue submersible to the rear hatch of the nuclear submarine

Using a mechanical arm, Norwegian divers try to open an escape hatch on the Kursk. Once it was opened, the divers found no sign of survivors, officials said. An inner hatch was then slightly opened, but it became clear that the whole submarine was flooded.

Norwegian divers continue to work on the escape hatch of the Kursk

 

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[video=youtube;LvKuBWTswn4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srg-Jza1J-M]YouTube - (1/5) The Sinking Of The Kursk[/url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvKuBWTswn4[/video

 

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Thanks for the post mate!


Like the pics!