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.

The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, with the loss of all 118 personnel on board. The submarine, which was of the Project 949A -class (Oscar II class), was taking part in the first major Russian naval exercise in …

Jun 12, 2023 · K-141 Kursk was an Oscar II -class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine operated by the Russian Navy. Commissioned in December 1994, she represented the peak of the country’s nuclear vessel technology, and was the second-largest cruise missile submersible ever constructed.

Over the weekend of August 12–13, 2000, while on a naval exercise inside the Arctic Circle, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea with all hands on board. The entire 118-strong crew perished on the Oscar II class submarine, built in 1994.

K-141 Kursk (rusky К-141 Курск) byla ruská jaderná ponorka Projektu 949A Antěj, pojmenovaná po ruském městě Kursk, dějišti jedné z největších tankových bitev v dějinách.

Jun 21, 2023 · In 2000, one of the worst peacetime submarine accidents ever took place off the coast of Russia. A huge explosion sank the giant nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, killing most of its crew and...

K-141 Kursk Accident On or about 12 August 2000, the tenth unit of the Oscar-II class, the K-141 Kursk, sank about 100 miles from the Russian port of Murmansk.

May 3, 2022 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the Kursk (K-141) Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Attack Submarine including pictures.

K-141 Kursk was an Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy. On 12 August 2000, K-141 Kursk was lost when it sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 personnel on board.

Despite the loss of all these powers within the Russian government, the military somehow raised 1 billion rubles for the "949A Antey" project and built the K-141 "Kursk" - the largest in the world attack submarine. It would be one of the most important and feared anti-ship weapons ever built.