Although a general blamed a collision with NATO forces for the sinking, it was ultimately proven that faulty equipment sealed the Kursk’s fate. According to The Guardian, The faulty torpedo was to blame. An investigation found that the Kursk was likely equipped with torpedoes containing a substance called HTP – essentially exploding hydrogen peroxide.
“The initial trigger that led to the torpedo’s explosion was the result of an unusual process of events within the torpedo’s oxidizing agent reserve,” said Russian prosecutor Vladimir Ustinov. to reporters.
The seismic activity resulting from the explosion was captured by American intelligence and the Norwegians The New York Times reported.
According to the Navy Times., 95 sailors died instantly when the Kursk’s hull was crushed and flooded. The other 23 sailors survived the blast and held out in non-flooded parts of the ship, but even that wasn’t enough as they eventually suffocated when the Russian Navy was unable to send rescue forces to the site in time. A buoy was not posted to mark the emergency. It wasn’t until a week later that Norwegian divers were able to open the damaged submarine and get inside. By then, all 118 crew members were dead.
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