The K-141 Kursk submarine K-141 Kursk was part of an 11-sub series of Project 949A Antey vessels, known by NATO as Oscar II. These are large, nuclear-powered oceanic submarines.

The in-depth story of the Kursk Submarine Disaster. When it was commissioned in 1994, the nuclear submarine K-141 “Kursk” was one of the most powerful assets of the Russian Navy. The size of ...

It meant that there was no punishment of Northern Fleet officers for criminal negligence over the Kursk disaster. An official investigation found that two explosions had wrecked the submarine ...

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 ...

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 ...

EPA/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool President Vladimir Putin met with ... In 2000, Mr Putin was heavily criticised for the way he handled the Kursk submarine disaster. Media reports at the time showed ...