Loss of soviet submarine in Mediterranean??

Anton · Post by **Anton** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:47 am

Dear colleagues!

I read this book "Osipenko, L., Zhiltsov, L., and Mormul, N., Atomnaya Podvodnaya Epopeya, 1994." In map of soviet submarine incidents is mentioned loss of one of the submarines in Mediterranean, near Naples, in the year 1970. The submarine was equipped with nuclear warhead tipped torpedoes.
Is this true or disinterpretation?? Many sources on net speaks only about troubles with nuclear-powered wessels.., and this was probably an diesel submarine incident.

Thank you for your answers..

Anton.

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:21 pm

I have no clue, but you've certainly got me interested!

chuck · Post by **chuck** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:45 pm

why, you plan to go out and find her?

MichelB · Post by **MichelB** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:20 am

Perhaps he's seeking some explanation for his 'odd' behavior after his visit to Italy... had one local tuna salad too many?

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:07 am

Do they have tuna in the Med?

Anton · Post by **Anton** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:23 am

Nobody know??
Maybe on Russian forums..

Anton.

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:01 am

I have a recent (1990s) USN document with the lat/long of all lost Soviet/Russian nuclear subs, but I can't find it.

Anton · Post by **Anton** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:18 am

Please, please, i can wait.., thank you!

Anton.

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:29 am

The 1970 date ties to the K-8, which laid up to 20 nuclear ground mines in the Bay of Naples on 10 January.

She suffered a reactor fire and sank in the Bay of Biscay on her return on 8 April.

The story of a sunk sub and salvage may be cover of a NATO operation to recover the ground mines.

MichelB · Post by **MichelB** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:42 am

What was the idea behind dropping nuclear ground mines there? What would have been the strength of those weapons, and did the Russian do this kind of thing more often in NATO waters?

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:46 am

There were sufficiently powerful to disable or destroy all NATO warships in a surge/sortie from the Bay of Naples.

There are plenty of unrecovered Soviet nuclear mines around Europe. Some day, some poor sod dredging the approach to the Scheldt is going to get the biggest (and last) surprise of his life.

I'm sure the European press will find a way to blame George W. Bush.

Francisco P. de Nanclares · Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:12 pm

Werner wrote:I'm sure the European press will find a way to blame George W. Bush.

Do not doubt it even for a split second. They would.

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