The $70 000 000 Salvage of Kursk

[@benlaw2634]

I was working on the MSV regalia diving vessel that were the first teams to enter the Kursk, some of the footage in this video is from that phase. We raised 18 casualties and one of the Kursk bow planes which we transferred to a Russian military vessel. We also recovered a large volume of sensitive documentation that was handed to the Russian servicemen onboard. My father was on of the first divers in the kursk, the dive teams had British, Norwegian and 1 American diver in the team. Very interesting project, the Russian crew onboard the MSV Regalia were very dignified, friendly and incredibly appreciative of the work we did, although I saw some modern footage in the clips that showed the current company name Subsea 7, the project was executed by "Rockwater". RIP Gents.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks for sharing. 👌🏻

[@tomparatube6506]

"a large volume of sensitive documentation": encryption / decryption code book or safety instructions?

[@phonotical]

Liar

[@realgsdontdie5095]

@@phonoticallol

[@dannykicks603]

@@phonoticalnot everyone a loser like yourself. Go outside.. do something with your life. It’s not to late

[@chriscarlcm]

What an incredible operation. It's unreal what we can accomplish when something just has to get done. Also, this entire story was put together very well in an interesting, easy-to-follow, and visually appealing format. Well done!

[@ricgal50]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jerry-xi4gi]

agreed...I was captivated from start to finish...what a massive undertaking...and great docco, despite the sadness of all the lost sailors, R I P 🙏🙏🙏

[@honor9lite1337]

Indeed.

[@Mtlmshr]

My opinion is that it’s your commentary that make all of your videos so good you definitely have that “voice” that makes what you do so special! Thanks

[@waterlinestories]

🤣 thanks. 👍🏻

[@boydownunder007]

sounds SA accent

[@waterlinestories]

@boydownunder007 yep. I’m a saffa

[@mehashi]

Imagine the feeling of pulling a craft towards your underbelly that contains live explosives, knowing that the reason the craft sunk was those explosives misbehaving already... You'd need a stiff drink after that day at work.

[@waterlinestories]

For sure. 👌🏻

[@charliekezza]

Imagine being the divers who had to take the explosives out

[@spicywolf6718]

After?

[@HughieMunro]

Yeah I’d of said a stiff drink before

[@colonthree]

@@HughieMunro are you having a stroke?

[@KleineLette]

A salute to all submariners who are very special people to be able to do that job! My uncle was a U-boat commander in WW2 and woke up screaming every night until he died in his 90’s. A very heavy price you brave sailors pay for having brass cojones!

[@Pewnhound112]

Imagine being the project manager for this operation. Jesus Christ. So many literal and figurative moving parts. I’m getting a headache just thinking about it.

[@charliekezza]

And so many delays, not sure how they got it done

[@the_steamtrain1642]

Both Mammut and SMIT worked on it, SMIT made their own minidocumentary about the project

[@Mark-vf8op]

Dutch engineers

[@fincajabali6049]

Its a government job, not commercial...chill and bill.😆😆

[@SillyPuddy2012]

It wasn’t a big deal, because in Soviet Russia, even project manager has project manager.

[@daniel-leejones8396]

I'm facinated by this incident, most video's are mainly about the incident, as a recreational diver this tells me fascinating information about the salvage, which is never covered, excellent description/ demonstration of the engineering issues and how they were solved, thoroughly interesting and well explained as usual.

[@waterlinestories]

👌🏻

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

Could have been avoided if Putin took the help that was offered by other countries to rescue the crew.

[@bishplis7226]

@@JohnJohn-zn8ib could have blablabla what if poseidon just brought the sub home

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

@@bishplis7226 blablabla, Putin the pansy, what a bore.

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

@@bishplis7226 you obviously have no idea.

[@hanskuiper9901]

I was involved in the outfitting of the Giant 4 in drydock in Amsterdam with the connection of the hydraulic powerpacks to the strandjacks and connecting the containers filled with nitrogen cylinders to the heave compensators. This is still by far the most impressive project i have been involved in. I still have vivid memories of walking underneath the Giant 4 and seeing the huge hole for the command tower cut out of the bottom of the ship, all the holes for the lifting cables all the way through from top to bottom and the huge saddles in the shape of the Kursk's hull welded underneath. IMPRESSIVE!

[@waterlinestories]

Amazing. Must be incredible to be involved in a project like that.

[@hanskuiper9901]

@waterlinestories yes it was and altough i only played a very small part in it all it's still something i am proud of, watching a documentary like yours still gives me goose bumps all over and a real sense of pride.

[@waterlinestories]

@hanskuiper9901 hearing you say that gives me the same tingly feeling. Glad I could play a small part in it, even if it’s just a random reporting type role.

[@Gotchalaboom]

Dat moet fantastisch zijn geweest! Impressive

[@crowdog56]

That was truly an impressive project! Mind blowing in complexity. You guys really, REALLY know your stuff!

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

I really enjoy watching salvage operations. Thank you very much!

[@The_ZeroLine]

Marine salvage operations are the most insane things in the world IMO. I also consider saturation divers the craziest, ballsiest people on earth.

[@ВладимирГоляков-к2ю]

@@The_ZeroLine Интересно узнать кого тут спасали? Видимо поднять подводную лодку не обрезая нос было невозможно, не хватало мощности ........

[@honor9lite1337]

Agreed.

[@onebridge7231]

R.I.P. brothers of the Phin. We may have been adversaries in life but as a veteran submariner it always saddens me when a boat and her crew don’t come home.

[@RamenNoodlePackets]

All humans need to come together and stop needlessly hurting each other and our fellow earthlings as well. I understand that killing and death is a part of earth but unfortunately we tend to take it to the extreme. It's a detriment to us all.

[@boydownunder007]

@@RamenNoodlePackets correct we are all human regardless of where we live or born

[@melodymacken9788]

Nicely said.

[@Freebird67]

Well said from fellow submarine veteran

[@stanley1554]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@johnlancaster119]

As a submariner of 32 years, I can honestly say that I shed a tear for our brave brothers on the Kursk. Irrespective of which side you were on, you have tremendous respect for their courage and fortitude. The documentary was excellent - thank you. It just leaves me to say RIP Fellow brothers, Fair Winds. WORSSM U.K. Submarine Service

[@smileydavis73]

Shiyat.... Ivan

[@ducttapetech9885]

Great video, I was thoroughly entertained. Take a look at Project Azorian in which the US raised the Russian sub K-129 in 16,000' of water. In 1974. It had it all; a sunken sub, nuclear missiles, a CIA secret mission, a custom built mystery ship with a moon pool, Howard Hughes, a secret burial at sea - everything but the kitchen sink. Another fun one from Smit is the oil recovery from the sunken tanker Prestige from a depth of 13,000 feet. BTW, some 32,000 ships were sunk in WWII and most are still there with fuel still onboard. Something to think about.

[@jordanrussell345]

Would love to see WS cover all of these!

[@giggiddy]

Never heard of it but sounds unbelievable. Thanks for the suggestion. Hope I can find a documentary on it

[@mikesphat]

@@giggiddy there is video on youtube of the burial. the sub broke apart during lifting and the part they pulled up had submariners inside... they tried to replicate the soviet burial at sea ritual as best they could... awesome stuff

[@giggiddy]

@@mikesphat I appreciate the reply. This stuff fascinates me. Cheers!

[@donwall9632]

Actually the Chinese are doing illegal salvage of these war graves.

[@tz7813]

I worked on the salvage op onboard DSND Mayo in 2001. We thought we’d be all over the news, but ended up a footnote! We started the lift in deteriorating weather and we were bouncing around very close to that barge so it was balls to the wall. I clearly remember the heave comps on those winches across on the Giant 4 maxing out, and the big rams going up and down like the valves on a trumpet! There wasn’t time to lift the sub all the way into position beneath the barge so it was lifted well clear of the seabed then moved to shelter almost immediately. After the lift we did a final survey of the abandoned bow section then the divers put the granite epitaph on the seabed. The final day was a race against time, and in the end the lift coincided with the US invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of ‘The War On Terror’, so it hardly made the news. We’d all arrived on a knackered Russian military helicopter called a Helix from Murmansk, and they gave us the option of de-mobbing our gear and flying off the same day. The flight offshore was so traumatising we elected to stay onboard and de-mob in Norway instead!😂

[@ON5ALE-Alessio]

@@tz7813 you for shure will be remembered in annals on the long run than on a cheap newspaper

[@Niko-ds6wi]

Kursk was torpedoed by the nuclear submarine Toledo, its buoy and conning tower were found at the site, and the nuclear submarine itself was discovered in Noraegia undergoing repairs.

[@ON5ALE-Alessio]

@@Niko-ds6wi you intend USS Toledo. No it seems improbable. Other Russian ships would had noticed. But it collided with a British sub

[@Niko-ds6wi]

@@ON5ALE-Alessio I remember this day for the reason that my uncle served in Kursk. and in the very first days we knew that Kursk was sunk by an American submarine, the buoy of this nuclear submarine and the wheelhouse fence were found. In addition, during the lifting, they were unable to saw off that part of the hull where there was a hole from a torpedo in it, typical of the Mark48. everything else was fiction. I was on all the nuclear submarines including Kursk, 6 of them were based in my city at the moment there are 5 of them here. The President of Russia then agreed with the director of the CIA, who almost immediately visited Moscow about compensation for the damage, which was and was done, the IMF debts were written off. Then they came up with a myth about a bad old torpedo that never existed and could never exist. do you know why? but because the torpedo that allegedly was the cause of the disaster was NEVER used on the Anteys, their own modification of the torpedo with 12 protection systems was created for the Anteys, it began to be put into service only in 1994-95, it was a completely new torpedo for the Anteys. In addition, the torpedo complex was created taking into account the possible explosion of as many as three torpedoes inside the torpedo tube. This is a fully automatic complex.

[@Niko-ds6wi]

@@ON5ALE-Alessio I remember this day for the reason that my uncle served in Kursk. and in the very first days we knew that Kursk was sunk by an American submarine, the buoy of this nuclear submarine and the wheelhouse fence were found. In addition, during the lifting, they were unable to saw off that part of the hull where there was a hole from a torpedo in it, typical of the Mark48. everything else was fiction. I was on all the nuclear submarines including Kursk, 6 of them were based in my city, at the moment there are 5 of them here. The President of Russia then agreed with the director of the CIA on compensation for damage, which was done and done, the IMF debts were written off. Then they came up with a myth about a bad old torpedo that never existed and could never exist. do you know why? but because the torpedo that allegedly was the cause of the disaster was NEVER (and this was also done intentionally, all submariners are well aware of this, but for most civilians this is an unknown fact) used on the Anteys, their own modification of the torpedo with 12 protection systems was created for the Anteys, it began to be put into service only in 1994-95, it was a completely new torpedo for the Anteys. In addition, the torpedo complex was created taking into account the possible explosion of as many as three torpedoes inside the torpedo tube. This is a fully automatic complex. Even the rescue operation and the Navy’s unaided support was a fiction, the fact is that at that time in Russia there were enough deep-sea submariners, they were also in my city. and also before and during the underwater operation, they were present and monitored the Norwegian rescuers, who did not even understand basic physics. The fiction continued after during the rise of the nuclear submarine. The Mamum company had neither the resources nor the technology nor the experience in raising nuclear submarines. The company was chosen solely to continue the fiction. All technologies for lifting were designed and produced in Russia at the Rubin Design Bureau, just as they ordered the modernization of the old barge. Subsequently, all the equipment was donated to this company.

[@haughie61]

hats off to the engineers the divers and everybody involved amazing. thank you

[@brunonikodemski2420]

Our company was part of "Project Azorian" which was able to raise part of the Russian sub K129, after they somehow (accidentally or on purpose) blew out one of their missile tubes. Possibly from an internal fire during a launching practice, or an attempt to actually launch a missile. There is much dispute about these circumstances, including a "rogue commander". The lifting mechanism of the Glomar Explorer was one of the first computer controlled lifters, and that technology was later adapted to many other oil-drilling and gas-drilling rigs. Our original servo-systems were actually designed on an analog-digital hybrid computer, along with a lot of slide-rule work. I helped program those computers for other purposes. Later, all of this was transferred to more modern digital setups using CDC machines. Our system simulations worked great, and are still in use today. Stefanger Norway became a hub of this expertise.

[@waterlinestories]

Azorian is on our list to make. Thanks for the little insight

[@jeffalvich9434]

My Uncle David also worked on the (real) Glomar Explorer after that mission..... for many years, they did much incredible work!

[@jerzyszmal2722]

The name of the K-129 captain of the soviet submarine was VLADIMIR KOBZAR, and he was not a part of "rouge crew". The entire USA should build the gratitude monuments for this captain and American people should be grateful for not allowing to launch nuclear warhead on Honolulu, HI. Vladimir KOBZAR did not provide his own code to launch the warhead, instead of he provided "self destruction" code to STOP launching it. It caused huge explosion of missile which should carry the nuclear warhead to Honolulu ( approximately 1,400 miles distance to Hawaii). Captain Vladimir KOBZAR should be hero for American for not starting the nuclear exchange between USSR and USA. And as a correction the city in Norway is called: STAVANGER....and NOT Stefanger....PS. Are you Polish? (Bruno Nikodemski)

[@brunonikodemski2420]

@@jeffalvich9434 Yes, us too.

[@brunonikodemski2420]

@@jerzyszmal2722 This is one of the theories, which unfortunately, is impossible to prove or disprove. The CIA and the military did much analysis of the debris, and tried to match the damaged sites to various explosion scenarios. The best match, we were told, was the one where the missile caught on fire while still in the tube (either fully or partially), and then the warhead exploded conventionally due to overheating. Analysis of Russian warheads of that same era, indicates that if the codes were not correctly installed, the fusing would simply "dud", and the round became inert. This was also true of many US explosives. I worked on some fusing, including the safing, and I can attest that this is typically the case. Asymmetric explosions are usually caused by non-fuse initiated events, such as mechanical disruption (somebody cutting it up with a grinder), impacts (dropped from plane), fire, or similar. Even so-called safe explosives will have this happen, if the material is in a contained box, which is usually true. For a nuclear device, the triggering has to be done "en-masse", and any of the initiators do not have "selective fire" to the trigatrons. Same with the optical initiation devices. It is possible that one or more of the trigatrons, initiator SCRs, squibs, or optical paths can fail, but that usually causes a sub-nuclear explosion to occur. That did NOT occur on the K129.

[@toddwheeler1526]

Outstanding engineering, planning and heroic work. RIP to those sailors.

[@deano2160]

They could have been saved. Those few that were alive anyway but russia refused to let the uk rescue sub above them attach . They let those men die. Remember that woman whose son was killed at that public hearing accusing the navy of the incompetence and she got injected with a sedative. In russia you are worth nothing.

[@lovetrump1088]

Very much amazing!!!

[@donQpublic]

As an American, any serviceman who dies in peacetime has all of my condolences. May we never meet in anger.🙂

[@paulcarter2907]

We all rely on the quality of politicians!!! Fingers crossed then....

[@alexneff]

Well said

[@jeffdarnell7942]

I hear you bro. Fellow American.

[@ztech6596]

You are not American. Most likely ruSSian fake American like those "Texan separatists"

[@zni7]

Just ocs

[@boydownunder007]

Very good thanks for taking the time and big effort to do this - I remember very well in 2000 the Kursk tradegy and the loss of all the crew after a valiant rescue attempt too late for the 23 crew trapped in the rear of the submarine they literally ran out of air before the Norwegan divers could reach them

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@davidrose2382]

Considering illegal salvages have cut up ww2 wrecks for decades,war graves and still are

[@AbdulAkrami-fs6cv]

Big Big Respect to Heroes who actually risked their lives and worked to complete this massive operation.🙏 Holand

[@CatsAreTheBestPeople-mm1fo]

Very informative, thank you. 👍 I've heard plenty about the Kursk disaster itself, but very little about the salvage operation.

[@waterlinestories]

👌🏻

[@tmdrtn]

Same for me, don't remember it, probably due to 9/11

[@crowdog56]

Vid by SMIT Salvage on here is a really good one on this, too. Incredible job by all involved! And really appreciated comments by those involved in this incredible operation- thank you!

[@0101-s7v]

the amount of technology and fabrication that went into this operation is more than my brain can absorb.

[@waterlinestories]

🤣

[@paulkroon4931]

But not too much of the Dutch brains of the 2 companies 😅

[@fhwolthuis]

Dutch salvagers are the best 👍

[@stoerenungeheuer543]

The Dutch even salvage land from the sea!

[@desertfish74]

@@stoerenungeheuer543you’re not wrong

[@drats1279]

Excellent video and narration. So many young sailors were lost. RIP thank you.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@pdog547]

Wow - that's some operation, amazing job by the salvage team.

[@gaveintothedarkness]

I would like more of this type of video. As much as I enjoy the other videos, I always feel sad about learning about the last moments of peoples lives before tragedy.

[@waterlinestories]

I do want to make some broader maritime stories.

[@markharris1223]

A splendid video. The commentary is crystal clear. The bewildering task of raising the hull is explained in detail. Bravo!

[@wekker090]

I was on the large team making all the lifting parts for the hydraulic cylinders. very impressive project with long working days, to bad they could not be saved.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

I wouldn't be surprised if this project allowed Mammoet to develop some key technologies, like the wave compensators or the software to balance all 26 jacks. It sure helps to have a national budget to back the project up.

[@brianmcallister114]

Thank you for this video. It is a comprehensive analysis of the problems and procedures involved in the raising of the Kursk. However, even though I applaud the technical expertise involved, I cannot overlook the tragic loss of life, the despair of the sailors' families and the mistrust that exists between humans that was the base cause of this disaster.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@krs3612]

Fine ill take a 20 minute break at work to watch a Waterline story

[@waterlinestories]

🤣

[@MATTbwnbw]

Same 😂😭

[@solomongainey838]

Me too, watching during my lunch break.

[@ssdj23513]

Can't wait for your story here!

[@dlfrestoration]

I listen wile I work

[@charlesfinas3826]

The photo of the wreck on dry deck are one of a kind Strangely, I always though the elliptic shape of the Kursk was due to it having a dual tube side by side, lika having Two Submarine in one But no, there is one great sub tube + missile laucher on the side ! Super video, as always !

[@kdrapertrucker]

Yeah, the Oscar class is bs mounted anti ship missiles launch tubes on either side of the pressure hull which makes the outer hull much wider.

[@johanrepsold3562]

😮l 4:44

[@patrigdon4205]

Mammoet does some absolutely incredible work. They are THE heavy lift experts. All over the world too. Amazing what that team is able to accomplish. Id love to work for them one day.

[@Brock_Landers]

Wow, what a feat of engineering! Way to go Mammoet, Smit, and all other crews that coordinated to achieve this goal!

[@bobwilson758]

Key point : other “ expert crews “ …….😮. ? Ya reckon who ? 3 guesses & 1st 2 don’t count !

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

They should have sent Putin down there.

[@johnandersen-p7q]

@@bobwilson758 Please clarify what your talking about, not in gibberish , so people can understand your post and point of view

[@Me-zo8yc]

Fascinating and i really like your narration style.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@SteelyPaw]

I really appreciate your comments as for measurements, you use both imperial and metric systems for us USA people. Your shipping stories are also nicely told with a friendly attitude.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks for saying so. I appreciate that. 👍🏻

[@declannocher2049]

That 'raising the Kursk' video is really great, rewatched it again last week. Obviously it's very hard to re-cover something like this but you did a really good job (as usual) in not just restating other content and sources, but adding content and detail from your own expertise. This particular incident also has a very close relation to the events following collapse of the soviet union and Putin's rise to power, politically, in terms of the degradation of the Russian Naval Forces (the late Politkovskaya did a very excellent story about this), as well as the way Putin handled the crisis (surprise sedative injection, anyone??)

[@JamesMcGillis]

I have never heard this whole story. Thank you for your technical knowledge and great storytelling.

[@mnightfamalam1510]

I'm speechless, this was an amazing example of marine engineering

[@chillidogkev]

Not specifically about this video but I stumbled across this channel recently and am absolutely hooked. Fantastic, measured and detailed presentation, the kind of speaking voice you just want to listen and very interesting subject matter. Very impressed. I watched many of the earlier videos and you can see how it's all evolved and improved to where it is now. The black outfit you now wear and the set you work from are top notch and totally professional looking. Excellent right across the board 👍👍👍

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks I appreciate that. 👍🏻

[@OmegaPaladin144]

I think your experience really shows in these salvage videos. Excellent work!

[@waterlinestories]

😀Thanks, I really appreciate that 👍🏻

[@richard8417]

As a Dutch ex submariner, this story makes me sad and proud…

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

Nothing proud about the Russian military, the didn't want any help offered when the sub went down, instead they let their fellow members die in the sub.

[@TheGreyGhost_of43rd]

🤨

[@ztech6596]

Sad for what?

[@richard8417]

@@ztech6596the way these guys met their demise… 🤷🏼

[@karlesmcquade2863]

"What do you do for a living?" "I'm a fabricator." "I don't believe you."

[@donQpublic]

As a fabricator, we don’t require people to believe us. Results always speak louder. 😉

[@The_ZeroLine]

My brain was moving in slow motion when I read this and it took a long beat for the joke to sink in. 😂

[@OFCbigduke613]

Your videos are so well done. Awesome graphics, video, narration, and fascinating. Thx man

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks, I really appreciate that 👍🏻

[@ps4makkers107]

Goed bezig mannen heerlijk om te zien 👍🏻👊🏻

[@pinkysgarage4517]

Simply amazing. What a well done video explaining everything!

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@DaveSCameron]

Another fine piece of work from my brother from down under and best wishes from the City of Liverpool.📚☘️

[@waterlinestories]

😂

[@beverlyreiner-baillargeon6205]

What a pleasant surprise. Enjoyed seeing a positive story rather then death & destruction. Great job 😉👍😉👍

[@snydedon9636]

Well, it really is a video about death and destruction. You have the death of the entire crew and the destruction of the submarine.

[@beverlyreiner-baillargeon6205]

@snydedon9636 That is true, but I'm talking about the salvage of the Kursk. Not the sinking.

[@danielh4032]

Putin’s reaction when asked what happened to the Kursk sums him up: “It sank.”

[@Bill_772]

Simply astonishing how this was done

[@loobielou6965]

Housework? What housework? Time for cuppa and a 20 min break to watch Waterline.

[@waterlinestories]

🤣

[@Shortie0428]

Hey, I'm in the top 20...yes!!! Love your videos, only a few mins new!! This story is so sad though, haunting almost. These poor sailors, what a horrible way to go.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@hayatomoe1]

The amount of engineering that went into this is crazy, I have so much respect for the people behind it

[@bbb8182]

Thanks for a professional and well narrated documentary. I didn't know any of this had been done. Incredible they have developed these marine heavy lift systems

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. Yes incredible technology and engineering for a tough environment

[@scottmcnaughton4143]

Great presentation. It was good to see a well executed plan come to fruition and that some families had closure.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@simonwiltshire7089]

Unbelievable! The people who do this stuff are amazing. I was sad to hear the Kursk sank and glad it was brought back up.

[@DavidWood-j2e]

Great video, thanks for all your hard work putting it together and bringing it to us.

[@waterlinestories]

😀👍🏻 thanks

[@mainnmann]

Totaly love your channel ... hook line and sinker ... the video of the boat really belies it's actual size incredible

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks. 👍🏻 yes it’s an incredible size to ‘live in’ under water.

[@McSynth]

fascinating video. You explained the operation so well.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@rajeevshagun7409]

watched it again like first time and imprsessed the way you explained in so details , i love technical details on the subject. thanks

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@306champion]

I never realized how resent the sinking was. Thankyou for a great presentation.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@worldwideflyby]

What a top quality doc, thanks!

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks

[@paulcrocker2837]

Thankyou fantastic video, no bull shit no stupid music, to me family's have lost loved ones and I think the way this video was done reflect that, shame about the Russian government telling lies to the family 's , but that's not unusual

[@stevecoscia]

Fascinating video. Thank you. So much coordination among various experts delivers hope for future collaborations.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@ajithjayakody3017]

Great video … excellent explanation . Hats off to the engineering team .. sheer dedication and determination ❤

[@martinbisschoff988]

I cannot imagine the final hours of those trapped crewmen. May they rest in peace.

[@commandbrawler9348]

we can thank the netherlands for raising the kursk!!!!

[@bobwilson758]

Huh ? Who ? 😅

[@treefrog1956]

I worked on this salvage. I'm not a diver but more thanks are owed to the bravery and professionalism of the British divers who carried out all the prep work.

[@fm7319]

Excellent job on this video….answering every question. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻😃

[@WowIndescribable]

Excellent story and presentation. Thank you.

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@nicosmit8087]

Love your stories my boet. Keep up the great work!!! Cant wait for you next one!

[@waterlinestories]

How's it. Thanks bru. Good to see fellow saffas here.

[@arc001]

@@waterlinestories Here's another one.. fantastic channel, whereabouts in SA are you?

[@waterlinestories]

@arc001 actually I live in Germany now. Thinking about moving to CT though. Just have to convince my German wife.

[@arc001]

@@waterlinestories Germans love SA, yes convince her 😀

[@I.M.A.Panther3619]

Salvaging of an extra large Submarine with Torpedoes, Ballistic Missiles, two Nuclear Reactors ….. that’s just incredible and much much more more Respect for everyone involved. May the crew rest in peace. May we find some way so no one, nation needs to make submarines like these things anymore.

[@paulgrimm]

The Dutch are experts of ocean salvage.This amazes me

[@TroyCenter]

It’s funny that you used stand jacks from the Seattle Hwy 99 project where the TBM got stuck hundreds of feet below Seattle’s waterfront and directly under the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

[@vincentho3964]

To the presenter / narrator : Thank you very much for your very clear and engaging narration ❤

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@LegendaryPatMan]

Smit Boskalis have a KZbin channel and while theres not much on rhe channel sadly, theres an amazing documentary, that they made, about raising the Kursk

[@robertborglund5783]

I'm a diver and it amazes me the dedication of these guys to do this work, RIP IVAN.

[@RogierYou]

Please note that the Dutch salvage company Smith Tak (Smith Salvage) was the company doing the actual job.

[@paulgrimm]

The US Navy offered to rescue the crew ,but Russia said no

[@michaelwhitmore7160]

if Russia offer America help America would say 'no'! Bo need to pick sides

[@paulgrimm]

@@michaelwhitmore7160 military secret’s

[@Notrocketscience101]

​@@michaelwhitmore7160sounds like you're picking sides by theorizing.

[@jamesgastovski3184]

@@michaelwhitmore7160 The difference being, the US can do it by itself, Russia can't. :)

[@michaelwhitmore7160]

@@jamesgastovski3184 lol

[@schulze25]

Wait.... so the kursk was longer in length than the sea was deep?!?!? Thats crazy!!!

[@thisisme003]

I can imagine there were a lot of difficulties for the Dutch company to get the information they needed due to being "classified" or "top secret"

[@maegenyoungs2591]

The cutting process was actually the first thing the did. It didn’t come loose. They did compensate for it getting loose because it’s the longest going up and over. They didn’t factor a slack adjustment as it cut. So they actually had to pull one of the pylons up to slack it up. It caused the cutting cable to break. There are a few documentaries about the lift process alone. And they were worried it didn’t fully cut. And they were right. It still had a 6” thick by 16 foot long section. But it took divers 4 days to confirm. So they kept cutting until it slacked again. Confirming it was fully cut

[@briantremblay9157]

Thanks for another great video! Wasn't to long of a wait ;)

[@waterlinestories]

Trying to keep them flowing weekly. 👌

[@dreamok732]

I was recently chatting to a diver who was involved with this salvage so your video was particularly interesting

[@waterlinestories]

Cool. I’m sure that was an interesting conversation

[@bradnail99]

I know it was 23 years ago, but it amazes me that this salvage only cost $70,000,000.00. It seems like a bargain.

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

That could have been avoided if they took the help that was offered by the USA but oh no, Putin didn't want to appear weak asking another country for help, Putin the killer.

[@robbie9030]

I know a guy who was a saturation diver on the Kursk salvage and I was astonished at how little he was paid to do the job considering the risks involved not to mention the gruesome task of recovering the remains of the crew. The tragedy of this event is that the crew could most likely have been saved had the Russian authorities given the British Navy permission to use the rescue vessel that was available at the time.

[@grantross3600]

​@@robbie9030 let another navy into your most modern submarine.. You must be mad.. Under NO circumstances will that be permitted

[@robbie9030]

@@grantross3600 And yet it cost 120 men their lives. Life is cheap in Russia.

[@robbie9030]

@BuriedUnkind No. But given this was the only real option the Russians had you have to be ruthless to sacrifice over a hundred men.

[@neilburns8869]

I really like listening to this guy, his attention to detail is very good and what he describes makes a lot of sense.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks, I’ll take that

[@everkief8650]

Well, I'd say this video features almost 2 dozen people, all smarter, more capable and more brave than I am. I'll just stay here in my 7th floor apartment where the atmospheric pressure is pretty good for me! I do have an air purifier to deal with allergies though, so maybe I'm decidedly more capable than I first imagined! Thanks Walmart!

[@ON5ALE-Alessio]

We all prayed for the survivors rescue. Poor sailors 😢 RIP

[@JeepGirl941]

But pootie wouldn't let anyone rescue them! It was horrifying!

[@ON5ALE-Alessio]

@@JeepGirl941 yes, he was very paranoid since the collision with the British sub

[@ON5ALE-Alessio]

@@JeepGirl941 what does LSA means?

[@edgarwanjala7788]

Nice, articulate explanations boss. Keep it coming.

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks

[@johnstanley7874]

Frans van Seumeren, the then CEO of Mammoet was my neighbour and we use to walk our dogs together - I remember him once telling me that Putin's chief of defence told him at the signing of the contract behind closed doors 'it was a cheque of 50 Million Euros in one hand and a revolver in the other', failure was not an option. It changed a lot of people's lives.

[@clintloranrand951]

I enjoyed your informative program. Well done.

[@kirishima638]

Can you imagine the sights and smells of that wreckage once it was recovering she drained? Must have been nightmare fuel.

[@peted5217]

Equipment existing then could have pulled the end up to surface air since it was longer than it's depth . Putin never responded to the offers.

[@rpf23543]

Very interesting and very well made documentation - Thank you!

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@markh767]

Good old Russia, everyone else has to clean up their mess!

[@lukecuxton1514]

Thank you very much for this incredible story ❤❤❤

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻

[@CoinsAZ]

Incredible story and amazing quality video documentary 👏 👏 👏

[@waterlinestories]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@Alftura]

In my early 20's, i read a fantatsic book about the sinking of this Russian SSN. Forget its name but was a good read. Thanks for this video! So much info

[@jono3697]

Great video Poor men, bless them souls 🙏

[@brucealmighty9877]

Fantastic journalism 👏

[@waterlinestories]

👍🏻Thanks, I really appreciate that

[@762Super]

Always great to see a new WS!

[@thomasbecker6059]

Very sad event! But incredible engineering and cooperation world wide!! ✌🏼