Prayer in memory of those who died on the submarine “Kursk” served in St. Petersburg – RIA Novosti

Funeral prayer service in memory of those killed in the sunken submarine “Kursk” sailors served in the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in St. Petersburg in the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. Take a look at the video as the ceremony took place.

Relatives and friends of submariners, as well as representatives of the Northern and Baltic fleets, the Russian Federation came to the temple to pay their last tribute to the dead submariners.

Also, commemorative events were held in the course, where buried 12 of the 118 crew members of the submarine, and Nizhny Novgorod – the home of the five sailors. Laid flowers to the tomb, and lowered the flags on the ships.

The submarine “Kursk” sank in the Barents Sea, 175 kilometers from Severomorsk, at a depth of 108 meters in the crash, which occurred August 12, 2000 during the naval exercises of the Northern Fleet. All 118 crew members on board were killed. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, “Kursk” sank in an explosion in the fourth training torpedo torpedo, which caused an explosion of torpedoes remaining, is in the first compartment of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser (ASMC).

ASMC K-141 “Kursk “equipped with nuclear missiles,” the Oscar-2 “is one of the most advanced at that time the Russian Navy submarines. “Kursk” refers to the project 949A, the main purpose of which is to fight against large enemy surface ships, primarily – from aircraft carriers.