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Salvage of the Russian submarine Kursk

Cutting of the bow
The damaged bow will first be cut off before the Kursk is raised.

Side view of the Kursk

man to same scale turbines

command center

torpedo hold

The cutting chain saw will be pulled backwards and forwards to cut through the Kursk.

Hydraulic tubes Hydraulic cilinder Anchor Hydraulic cilinder

The cutting chain is made up of cylindrical drums covered with an abrasive layer.

electric motors Length: 155m Width: 18,2m

nuclear propulsion units Weight: 18.000 tonnes Power: 190 megawatt per reactor

Anchor

Minimum draft: 9,2m Displacement: 24.000 tonnes (under water)

Lifting unit
Heave compensators respond to differences in water level of up to about 2 meters. Each cable is made up of 54 steel strands. The lifting is comparable to rope climbing. The hydraulic cylinder pulls up the bundle by clasping alternatively the top and the bottom of the cable. 26 of these lifting units are anchored to the pontoon.
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The Dutch company Mammoet in cooperation with Smit International is going to salvage the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk that sank last year. Mammoet will carry out the lifting work and Smit International all underwater work.
Mammoet plugs
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Cables will be attached to the submarine with Mammoet plugs.

Salvaging will start at the end of June and must be completed by the end of September. The operations success will be determined by the weather. The damaged head of the submarine will first be cut off using a cutting chain. It will remain on the seabed and salvaged later by the Russians. Holes will then be drilled in the hull and divers will attach cables using plugs in the vessels side.
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anchor line

outer hull of the Kursk

108 m

starting
cable closed hydraulic cylinder closed

lifting
closed

outer hull

The vessel will then be lifted to just under the pontoon. A computer will closely monitor the tension on the cables to regulate the spread of the load during the lifting. Suspended under the pontoon, the submarine will then be sailed to a dry dock in Murmansk.

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transfer
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The plugs open up under the inner hull and the ribs. plug

inner hull

outer hull

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anchor line

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The Kursk sank with 118 crew onboard in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000. In October of that year, Norwegian and Russian divers working from the Norwegian salvage vessel Regalia recovered 12 bodies from the forward section of the submarine. Mammoet and Smit International will use eight vessels and more than 100 people to raise the Kursk. NO

BARENTS SEA
Position of the Kursk: 6940N 3735O

The pontoon will be positioned above the Kursk by eight lines anchored to the seabed.

Murmansk
inner hull ribs
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ANP , Jeroen Luizink and Rob Taconis - Source: Basic concept Mammoet

DATUM: AFMETING: SOFTWARE:

26 juni 2001 350 x 192 mm Adobe Ill 7.0

DOCUMENTNAAM: OPMERKINGEN:

Salvage of the Kursk

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