The book K-19: The Widowmaker ended with a list of Soviet and Russian Navy incidents involving surface ships, submarines and especially its nuclear ships. K-141 (Kursk), an Oscar II type 949 SSGN) commissioned in 1995, sank on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, presumably due to two explosions in the torpedo tubes.A total of 41 crewmen, including the commander, were killed. K-278 (Komsomolets), a Mike class nuclear submarine with a titanium hull, sank on 07 April 1989 south of the Bear island in the Norwegian Sea.Following the K-219 incident, the Soviets blamed the loss on a collision with the USS Augusta. It is rumored that the fire on the submarine broke out due to collision with a US submarine. K-219 is currently the largest stockpile of unsecured nuke warheads. The sub later sank off Bermuda taking 16 ballistic missiles, 36 nuke missile warheads and 8 nuke torpedo warheads to the bottom. 3, 1986 - The K-219 Yankee class strategic nuclear submarine (again) had a problem off Bermuda when a missile silo leaked. The boat was raised and returned to service, but sank again in 1985. There were 13 crew lost, and the boat was salvaged in 1983.
JK-429, a Charlie I class submarine, sank in the Savannaya Bay in the Bering Sea during a damage-control drill as water poured through an open missile silo.He was scuttled off Spain in the Bay of Biscay, along with 52 crew. K-8, a November class nuclear submarine, had a fire in two compartments on 08 April 1970.It was finally scuttled (deliberately sunk) in the Kara Sea in 1981. Of the crew, 6 died immediately, 4 died later, and 12 suffered serious radiation sickness. K-27 was equipped with a liquid-metal cooling system. K-27, a November class nuclear submarine, experienced a reactor problem which released radiation contaminating the entire submarine with radiation exposure up to 2,000 roentgens/hour on.It nuclear missiles remain on the ocean floor. Part of the sub was later raised by the Glomar Explorer in 1974, which recovered some of the nuclear torpedo warheads. The collapse of the hull was detected by the American SOSUS acoustic system. K-129, a Golf-I class ballistic missile submarine, sank with all 98 hands lost in 08 March 1968 in the northern Pacific Ocean (1390 kms northwest of Oahu harbor).Since the end of the Cold War, the Russian Navy has lost one submarine. The Soviet Navy lost at least five submarines during the Cold War, with another being scuttled at sea following a reactor accident.
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