What was the name of the Russian submarine lost in the Barents Sea in August 2000?
Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) K-141 "Kursk" (, transl. , meaning "Nuclear-powered submarine "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. K-141 "Kursk" was a Project 949A class "Antey" () 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
Barents Sea submarine campaign (1941) own tactics but despite many victories claimed, none was real. Prior the departure from Polyarny after completing her first mission, the submarine HMS "Trinidad" received as gift a reindeer foal (named "Pollyanna"). The submarine endured a six-week patrol before returning home with the reindeer living on board. Once back in England, the animal was gifted to the Regent's Park Zoo. Barents Sea submarine campaign (1941) The Barents Sea campaign in 1941 was a submarine operation in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea during World War II. It was a combined Soviet and British campaign, with boats departing from Polyarny