During the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought an edge in undersea warfare by designing the Lira-class (Alfa) submarines with ...

In August 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk suffered two massive explosions during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, ...

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W 1 – W 6 1884 1884–1899 stricken 1899 and scrapped 1910. V 1 – V 10 1884 1884–1899 stricken 1899 and scrapped 1910. S 1 – S 6 1884 1884–1899 stricken 1899 and scrapped 1910.

Attack submarines equipped with cruise missiles enhance the ability to strike land targets, making multi-purpose submarines ...

The 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea remains one of the worst naval disasters in Russian ...

I. Thornycroft (1843–1928) built the Lightning, the first torpedo boat in the British Navy, and he has thus witnessed the growth in size, speed and power of torpedo boats, torpedo boat ...

The fall issue of Pacific Historical Review features four new articles in U.S. and Pacific history–topics include the narrative behind JFK’s torpedo boat (PT-109), epidemics and health administration ...

A Russian man was rescued this week after spending 67 days adrift in the Sea of Okhotsk on a tiny inflatable boat, officials said Tuesday. The Russian Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor’s Office ...

He was found by a fishing boat in the Sea of Okhotsk, the coldest sea in east Asia, according to the local prosecutor's office. Russian media named him as 46-year-old Mikhail Pichugin and said he ...