The Loss of the Kursk
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2022
- The Kursk was the Pride of the Northern Fleet based out of the Kola Peninsula naval bases. Highly decorated and capable, she was preparing a simulated attack during the 2000 naval exercise in the Barents Sea.
In my opinion, the survivors could have been rescued with the assistance of Norway and the U.K. But they were sacrificed for Russian pride.
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Like I know a lot of people aren't fans of Russia atm. But Kursk is just an gutpunching event. When you look into the crew of the Kursk their pay wasn't great but generally it was seen as a massive honor to be on Kursk. Massive respect to the silent service of all nations.
To think that, if Kursk had been tipped up onto its propeller where it lay, the bow would stick more than 50 meters out of the ocean surface.
Smit Salvage actually has a very good video here on RUclips about the process of salvaging the Kursk's remains. It's quite good and I do recommend watching it. Yes it was an industrial job approached as an engineering problem but the salvage team was very respectful throughout the process.
Was in the USN when this happened. We all felt horrible. Then it got worse. Inept leadership to the top just got me.
Credit where credit is due - the fact that the entire forward magazine detonated in one cataclysmic explosion and yet there was no containment breach and some crew survived is testament to the skill of the engineers who designed the boat. That's one tough SOB.
It's both heartbreaking and infuriating that those survivors were left to die because one sad, pathetic excuse for a leader was too proud to admit they needed help.
Another beautifully explained video from a man who has probably forgotten more knowledge than most will ever know.
I recently watched the colon firth movie about the disaster. I don’t care if I’m british and these are Russian they are human beings and neither one of us would ever want to end our lives in a steel can under the ocean the way these poor sailors did. So utterly heartbreaking. I remember being 11 And flying back from America to UK and seeing this in the times when we boarded.
Ukraine war probably proved these missiles were not as advertised, just as 90% of Russian armaments (tanks, aircraft, ships, Moskva, anti-missile systems, etc). Sounds better than it is. How many of them would explode directly in the silos because of lack of maintenance?
This is a tough one. Have done two honour guard duties at the memorial in Severmorsk 😢
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the salvage company is pronounced MAA-moot, Dutch for mammoth. we use them all the time in construction to move very large equipment. there actually a heavy lift and transport co. Smit is a salvage co.
Thanks for the brief sir, your penultimate point on the last slide was very moving. As they say, "submariners are cut out from a different piece of cloth".May the departed souls RIP
I can't help it. The few minutes of that video I found myself whistling "Eternal Father Strong to Save." They would play that every year at Maine Maritime Academy when the Regimental Commander read the names of all the Academy graduates who lost their lives at sea. My mom used to worry that I was going to be killed by pirates, and she worries a lot more about my older brother, who is a sonar tech currently on USN Fast Attack boats. She basically won't even think about stuff like this.
We had a term for what happened to the Kursk when I was in Vietnam we called it a Cluster Foxtrot. I watched a movie about the incident, may god rest their souls, they deserved better from their leaders.
At least the crew at the front of the reactor compartment got a quick end.
That had to be pretty freaky finding that out underway. Wow this is just such a terrifying nightmare of an event. Thank you for the amazing content.
As a marine it’s always fascinating to me to sense your kinship with the Russian sailors. Given the differences in how we pursue our missions that’s some thing I couldn’t afford with my enemy but I admire it and you.
In combat, you expect casualties. It's heart breaking when casualties result from preventable circumstances or negligence. Thank you for the brief.
You are decent and humane man Aaron. A very thoughtful episode.