«Ore 13.15. Tutto l'equipaggio dagli scompartimenti 6,7,8 si è trasferito nel nono. Qui nel nono siamo in 23. Abbiamo preso questa decisione a causa dell'avaria. Nessuno di noi può risalire. Scrivo questo biglietto al buio.»
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OCTOBER 26, 2000
The first 4 corpses are recovered. Among them, in the one of captain
Dmitri Kolesnikov is found out a letter, written during the slow agony of the
Kursk submariners.
Here there is a part of the text:
«13.15. All the crew moved from compartments 6,7,8 to the ninth. Here in the ninth we are 23. We took this decision for the breakdown. Nobody can go back up. I'm writing this note in the dark.»
RECUPERATO IL KURSK! Eccolo:
KURSK RECOVERED! Here it is:
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FEBRUARY 18, 2002
A liquid hydrogen torpedo could have sunk the Kursk, accidentally. It's
one of the three possible causes, by the Russian Navy opinion. The torpedo,
used since 1957, has been made out of service after the tragedy.