The sinking Motion_directional of the nuclear-powered `` Kursk '' ( Russian : ) took place Process_start during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years , in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000 , killing Killing all 118 personnel on board .

Seven days after the sinking Motion_directional , Norwegian divers finally opened Openness a hatch to the escape Escaping trunk in the boat 's flooded Motion ninth compartment to find Know no survivors .

Vice-Admiral Valery Ryazantsev drew Motion attention to systemic faults in the Russian Navy , such as the risky use Using of highly volatile HTP torpedoes known Know to have caused Causation the sinking Motion_directional of .

More than two years after the sinking Motion_directional , the Russian government completed Process_end a 133-volume , top-secret investigation Criminal_investigation of the disaster Catastrophe .

Her sinking Motion two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 ( ship 's time ; 05:18 GMT ) on Monday , 15 April , resulted Causation in the deaths of more than 1,500 people , making it one of the deadliest peacetime marine disasters Catastrophe in history .

In accordance with existing practice , `` Titanic '' lifeboat system was designed Create_artwork to ferry passengers to nearby rescue vessels , not to hold Defending everyone on board simultaneously ; therefore , with the ship sinking Motion rapidly and help still hours away , there was no safe refuge for many of the passengers and crew .

arrived Arriving on the scene about an hour and a half after the sinking Catastrophe and rescued Rescuing the last of the survivors by 09:15 on 15 April , some nine and a half hours after the collision Catastrophe .

The Action of 11 January 1944 was a minor naval action that resulted in Causation the sinking Motion_directional of the light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British Royal Navy submarine .

The sinking Motion of the `` Rainbow Warrior '' , codenamed Opération Satanique , was a bombing operation Military_operation by the `` action '' branch of the French foreign intelligence services , the `` Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure '' ( DGSE ) , carried out Action on 10 July 1985 .

Fernando Pereira , a photographer , drowned Death on the sinking Motion_directional ship .

The cause Causation of the sinking Catastrophe remains in dispute Quarreling , although evidence points to North Korea .

Following the sinking Catastrophe , South Korea imposed Action sanctions Revenge against North Korea , known as the May 24 measures .

North Korea denied that it was responsible for the sinking Catastrophe .

The ROKS `` Cheonan '' sinking occurred Coming_to_be on 26 March 2010 , when , a of the Republic of Korea Navy , carrying Carry_goods 104 personnel , sank Motion off the country 's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea , killing Killing 46 seamen .

Three weeks after the failure of the operation , a second attack Attack was launched Motion which proved Statement more successful in sinking Motion a blockship at the entrance Arriving to the canal but ultimately did not close Process_end off Bruges completely .

The conflict was a succession crisis precipitated Causation by the accidental death by drowning of William Adelin , the only legitimate son of Henry I , in the sinking of the White Ship in 1120 .

During the exchange Exchange of broadsides , `` Guerriere '' was dismasted and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a sinking condition .

Initially , the earthquake Catastrophe caused Causation sinking Motion of part of Honshu 's Pacific coast by up to roughly a metre , but after about three years , the coast rose back and kept on rising Self_motion to exceed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its original height .

The Underwater Bike Race is held at the artificial reef created Creating by the sinking of the USS `` Indra '' , 12 miles from Beaufort Inlet .

On April 21 , 1898 , after the sinking of in Havana Harbor and prior to its declaration of war on April 25 , the United States launched Process_start a naval blockade of the Spanish colony island of Cuba , off its southern coast of the peninsula of Florida .

Several attempts have been made Manufacturing over the years since the sinking Motion_directional to dive to the wreck seeking information about precisely how the ship sank , and argument continues to the present day .

The sinking Motion_directional of the Cunard ocean liner RMS `` Lusitania '' occurred Coming_to_be on Friday , 7 May 1915 during the First World War , as Germany waged submarine warfare Hostile_encounter against the United Kingdom which had implemented Action a naval blockade of Germany .

The sinking turned Change public opinion in many countries against Germany , contributed Causation to the American entry Becoming_a_member into World War I and became Becoming an iconic symbol in military recruiting Employment campaigns Military_operation of why the war was being fought Hostile_encounter .

over the next month , the submarines attacked Attack at least seven merchant vessels , sinking Motion_directional three ships and killing Killing 50 sailors .

Rough seas along the shore generated by the hurricane caused Causation widespread damage , which included the sinking of 12 ships in harbor .

The term , which also designates Choosing the cultural , political and social movement that promoted Cause_to_make_progress unification , recalls the romantic , nationalist and patriotic ideals of an Italian renaissance through the conquest of a unified political identity that , by sinking its ancient roots during the Roman period , `` suffered Bodily_harm an abrupt halt [ or loss ] of its political unity in 476 AD after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire '' .

in august 1944 , the royal navy conducted Action operation goodwood , four more carrier raids Attack against `` tirpitz '' which also failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act and the task of sinking the battleship was transferred Giving to the royal air force .

On the Axis side , the Germans launched attacks Attack at sea in the autumn and winter against British aircraft carriers and destroyers , sinking Motion_directional several including the carrier with the loss of 519 lives .

The `` Struma '' disaster was the sinking Catastrophe on 24 February 1942 of a ship , , that had been trying to take Bringing nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to Mandatory Palestine .

Three months earlier , O'Meara won the Masters on the final Process_end green by sinking Body_movement a birdie putt .