25 Years After the Kursk Tragedy: The Unsolved Mystery Beneath the Barents SeaTwenty-five years ago, on August 12, 2000, the nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, claiming the lives of 118 submariners. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kursk submarine disaster 2023 memorial ceremony 01Collision Theory EmergesThe theory that the Kursk collided with an American submarine surfaced immediately after the tragedy. Witnesses reported seeing the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine Memphis in the accident zone, which later docked in Norway for repairs. Former Murmansk party official Vladimir Goryachkin also supported the collision theory. Arguments Against the Collision TheoryMilitary expert Mikhail Khodarenok told Lenta.ru there is no concrete evidence of a submarine collision in the Barents Sea.