There are always risks when technology
advances into weaponized areas. These
are the submarine accidents that had the most fatalities…
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Submarine
|
Country
|
Disaster
|
Date
|
Injured
|
Fatalities
|
|
1
|
USS Thresher (SSN-593)
|
USA
|
Sank
|
Apr 10, 1963
|
|
129
|
|
2
|
K-141
Kursk
|
Russia
|
Sank
|
Aug
12, 2000
|
|
118
|
|
3
|
USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
|
USA
|
Sank
|
May 22, 1968
|
|
99
|
|
4
|
K-8
|
Russia(USSR)
|
Fire
|
Apr
11, 1970
|
|
88
|
|
5
|
Eurydice
|
France
|
Sank
|
Mar 4, 1970
|
|
57
|
|
6
|
K-278
Komsomolets
|
Russia(USSR)
|
Sank
|
Apr
7, 1989
|
|
42
|
|
7
|
K-152 Nerpa
|
Russia
|
Unknown
|
Nov 8, 2008
|
21
|
20
|
|
8
|
K-431
|
Russia(USSR)
|
Explosion
|
Aug
10, 1985
|
|
10
|
|
9
|
K-27
|
Russia(USSR)
|
Reactor damaged
|
May 24, 1968
|
|
9
|
|
10
|
Greenville
|
USA
|
Collision
|
Feb
9, 2001
|
|
9
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