Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than three decades after a catastrophic fire that caused the Soviet nuclear attack submarine Komsomolets (NATO reporting name ...
K-278 Komsomolets sank on April 7, 1989 after a fire broke out on board. Forty-two of the 69 crew members perished, and the boat sank to the depths with its onboard nuclear reactors and two torpedoes ...
What You Need to Know: The Soviet Union’s Project-685 K-278 Komsomolets (Mike-class submarine) was an advanced nuclear-powered vessel capable of reaching remarkable depths due to its titanium hull.