List of lost Russian or Soviet submarines

List of lost Russian or Soviet submarines

These Russian or Soviet submarines either suffered extensive crew casualties or were entirely lost to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea." A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost.

This list is known to be incomplete; for instance, it does not include the first NATO-designated "Alpha" submarine, whose liquid-metal-sodium-cooled reactor had a major failure that resulted in the reactor compartment being towed to sea, discarded and abandoned.

According to the U.S. Navy, "The former Soviet Union secretly disposed of about 16 submarines by sinking them in the northern oceans." [http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=127851&ran=48578&tref=po]

See also the list of Russian or Soviet submarines.

Before the Russian Revolution

* "Дельфин" ("Delfin") (1904) †


= Before the Great Patriotic War =


= During the Great Patriotic War =


= After the Great Patriotic War =

* С-117 (1952)
* М-200 "Месть" ("Mest") (1956) †
* М-256 (1957)
* К-19 (1961)
* Б-37 (1962) †
* К-3 (1962)
* К-129 (1968) †
* С-80 (1969)
* К-8 (1970) †
* К-56 (1973)
* С-178 (1981)
* К-429 (1983)
* К-131 (1984)
* К-219 (1986) †
* К-278 "Комсомолец" ("Komsomolets") (1989) †

After the fall of the Soviet Union

* К-141 "Курск" ("Kursk") (2000) †
* К-159 (2003) †

The "Komsomolets" Nuclear Submarine Memorial Society aids the dependents of sailors lost in these disasters.


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