Submarines ships considered to be confidential, and, probably, not only because their life is shrouded in mystery.Sometimes, this also applies to their death.
After the sea almost never leaves no witnesses, no trace of ...
submarine Kursk was collected in 1994 in Severodvinsk Machine-Building Plant and immediately aimed at the disposal of the seventh gallant division of the Northern Fleet.
ship commander was appointed captain of the first rank Lyachin, an experienced diver.
experts were convinced that the Kursk - the latest generation of submarine, absolutely reliable and has a huge reserve of vitality.
nuclear submarine successfully participated in many training operations, and during the air strikes against Yugoslavia from the depths of the sea secretly controlled American carriers.
During his campaign alone Mediterranean submarine Kursk worked five conventional attack in the quite real purposes for which awards were presented to 72 crew members.She was nicknamed "the killer of aircraft carriers' she disappeared and just as suddenly appear, causing panic and striking out on" American pride ".
In August 2000, was a submarine in the Barents Sea.It was the last day of military exercises.12th of the submarine Kursk, tail number 141 K went to its final combat mission.
and did not return ...
official version, which sounded quite dry, says that the submarine was killed as a result of a spontaneous explosion.
killed the entire crew of 118 people ...
whole country, with tears in his eyes a few days to follow the fate of the submarine.Hope, though very small, did not leave the people to the very last second ...
What happened, why reliable and unsinkable submarine Kursk, which at the time of the disaster were more than two dozen cruise missiles, and so sad at the same timemysteriously ended its path at the bottom of the Barents Sea?
State Commission issued its opinion: the submarine Kursk, where the death occurred on August 12 in 11.28, exploded due to leakage of hydrogen - the fuel component of the torpedo.As a result, emerged just as soon as the fire started detonation.There was a second, more powerful blast, which destroyed several compartments.
However, some divers believe that the cause of the second explosion was a sharp clash with the ground floor of the submarine that runs at a speed of three knots, with fully filled with water the first compartment, at a depth of more than a hundred meters.
But there are other versions: several of the Northern Fleet admirals believe that the submarine Kursk was torpedoed one of two US ships in the vicinity and watching the latest revealing shots torpedoes "Squall", produced on board the K 141.
were alsoother versions, such as a collision with a mine, underwater object, presumably the other boat hit the Kursk ballistic missiles, etc.But they were all rejected after the announcement of the official version.
On August 13th, started the rescue work, but because of the great depth, poor visibility and strong flow rate they were unsuccessful.And today it is not known, could save the crew, if luck was on the side of the submarine and rescue workers were able to go down to the bottom.
October 2,001th it, but without the first compartment by the Norwegians was lifted out of the water.A detailed study in the dry dock, and the data recorders have made it possible to restore the detailed chronicle of the recent tragic hours of the existence of Kursk.
official version has been fully confirmed.
And let today many argue that on board nuclear submarines torpedoes themselves do not explode, that the Commission's conclusions are not quite correct, 118 sailors did not return ...
A mystery Kursk perished forever remain buried at the bottom and coldharsh Barents Sea.
