Once the human remains had been removed and the hull had been thoroughly investigated, the remainder of the ship was transported to Sayda Bay on the northern Kayla Peninsula. The two nuclear reactors were defuelled and the ship was cut up for scrap. [8] The Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid published a report in June 2001 that senior officers in the Russian Navy had engaged in an elaborate deception to cover the actual cause of the disaster. This referred to statements that the boat's captain, Gennady Lyachin, had sent a message to headquarters immediately prior to the explosion, "We have a malfunctioning torpedo. Request permission to fire it," [9] though it is unlikely that, as captain of the vessel, he would have needed to request permission under such circumstances. [19] He was obligated to listen to the experts and the reports of the commanders and the reports of the naval command. He was obligated to do all this," Kuznetsov says. "And he did not."

What really happened to Russia's 'unsinkable' sub". The Guardian. 4 August 2001 . Retrieved 1 February 2014. All 118 crewmen lost their lives in the disaster: a devastating blow to Russian military pride and the reputation of the recently elected President Vladimir Putin, who refused to cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.

K-141 Kursk was a Project 949A class Antey ( Russian: Aнтей, meaning Antaeus) submarine of the Oscar class, known as the Oscar II by its NATO reporting name, and was the penultimate submarine of the Oscar II class designed and approved in the Soviet Union. Construction began in 1990 at the Soviet Navy military shipyards in Severodvinsk, near Arkhangelsk, in the northern Russian SFSR. During the construction of K-141, the Soviet Union collapsed; work continued, and she became one of the first naval vessels completed after the collapse. In 1993 K-141 was named Kursk after the Battle of Kursk [2] in the 50-year anniversary of this battle. K-141 was inherited by Russia and launched in 1994, before being commissioned by the Russian Navy on December 30, as part of the Russian Northern Fleet. [3] The continued problems that the rescuers had in reaching potential survivors and ongoing conflicting information about the cause of the accident inflamed Russian public opinion. [28] Media described the Russian government's response to the disaster as "technically inept" and their stories as "totally unreliable". [7] Putin meets with families [ edit ] President Putin in a contentious meeting with relatives of the dead sailors in Vidyayevo, during which the families complained about the Russian Navy's response to the disaster But many commentators in Russia believe they are frightened that, if they did, investigators would be able to prove, once and for all, that the accident was not caused by a collision, but by a faulty torpedo. The joint Russian-Dutch operation plans to raise the flooded hulk of the submarine by the middle of next month using specially contructed 'cable plugs' pierced into the outer hull of the submarine. But before this happens divers will attach a cutting chain to the front of the bow to saw off the damaged torpedo compartment, which will remain at the bottom of the sea.

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The sinking of the ship, the pride of their submarine fleet, was a devastating blow to the Russian military. [9] Kursk 's participation in the exercise had been intended to demonstrate Russia's place as an important player on the international stage, but the country's inept handling of the crisis instead exposed its weak political decision-making ability and the decline of its military. [12] The Russian government convened a commission, chaired by Vice-Premier Ilya Klebanov, on 14 August, two days after Kursk sank. [11] Nearly half of the commission members were officials with a stake in the outcome of the investigation. Independent investigators were not invited to take part, giving the appearance that the commission's findings might not be impartial. [20] :32 Weather delays efforts [ edit ] Kursk [38] (also known as "The Command", and "Kursk: The Last Mission"). - The film from 2018 follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. By Thomas Vinterberg. The Russian Navy was later criticised as misrepresenting facts and misleading the public. [6] :148 The navy feared that if the submarine were revealed to have blown up because of crew incompetence, Russia's status as a great power would be in doubt. [51] :22 Their response was compared to the Soviet style of cover-up and stonewalling like that of the Chernobyl disaster. [6] :148 Minister of Defence Sergeyev said in interviews on 21 August 2000 that he had never refused any foreign help. [6] :148

The crew of the submarine Karelia detected the explosion, but the captain assumed that it was part of the exercise. [18] Aboard Pyotr Velikiy, the target of the practice launch, the crew detected a hydroacoustic signal characteristic of an underwater explosion and felt their hull shudder. [19] They reported the phenomenon to fleet headquarters but their report was ignored. [18] vessels' ability to detect the submarine. The inner pressure hull was made of high-quality 50mm (2in) steel plate. The two hulls were separated by a 1-to-2m (3-to-7ft) gap. The inner hull was divided into nine water-tight compartments. The boat was 155m (509ft), about as long as two jumbo jets. [9] [10]

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When I first heard about the Kursk, I assumed... that it was probably a collision. However, I then heard that there may have been some HTP-fuelled torpedoes carrried on board, and I began to wonder whether they hadn't had the same problem as we had on the Sidon all those years ago.' According to the articles, Captain Lyachin of the Kursk sent a message to headquarters just before the explosion, saying: 'We have a malfunctioning torpedo. Request permission to fire it.' a b "Kursk Stats". 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 . Retrieved 11 February 2014.