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benburch

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Wed Oct-29-03 12:54 AM
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3. The Kursk

She sank when the 98% pure H2O2 in one of her torpedos leaked and caused a fire followed quickly by explosions of torpedo warheads in the forward torpedo room. She went to the bottom massively damaged. Although she had an escape capsule, surviving crew members were not able to get it to launch. They were forced by flooding into a single compartment where they all died in cold and darkness within hours.

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