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Key facts
- Name
- K-141 Kursk
- Namesake
- Battle of Kursk
- Commissioned
- 30 December 1994
- Stricken
- 12 August 2000
- Fate
- All 118 hands lost in 100 m (330 ft) of water in Barents Sea on 12 August 2000
- Status
- Raised from the seafloor (except bow), towed to shipyard, and dismantled
- Class type
- Oscar II-class submarine
- Displacement
- 13,400 to 16,400 tonnes (13,200 to 16,100 long tons; 14,800 to 18,100 short tons)
- Length
- 154.0 m (505.2 ft)
- Beam
- 18.2 m (60 ft)
- Draft
- 9.0 m (29.5 ft)
- Propulsion
- 2 OK-650b nuclear reactors ( HEU <= 45% ), 2 steam turbines, two 7-bladed propellers
- Speed
- 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) submerged, 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
- Test depth
- 300 to 500 m (980 to 1,640 ft) by various estimates
- Complement
- 44 officers, 68 enlisted
- Armament
- 24 × SS-N-19/P-700 Granit , 4 × 533 mm (21 in) and 2 × 650 mm (26 in) torpedo tubes (bow); 24 torpedoes
- Notes
- Home port: Vidyayevo , Russia
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Encyclopedic overview
K-141 Kursk (Russian: Курск) 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.
Construction
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