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====K-159==== [[Image:K-159.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Decommissioned submarine K-159 (renamed as B-159 in 1989) in [[Ostrovnoy, Murmansk Oblast|Gremikha Bay]] of [[Barents Sea]], 28 August 2003 β ready for towing to the shipyard for scrapping]] {{Main|Soviet submarine K-159}} On 30 August 2003, the submarine K-159 sank during stormy weather while being towed to the shipyard in [[Snezhnogorsk, Murmansk Oblast]] for scrapping (K-159 was decommissioned in 1987.<ref name="PLR1"/>) Nine sailors died in the accident and one was rescued. K-159 was found and investigated by Russian deep-sea vehicles the same day in the point 69Β°22.64'N, 33Β°49.51'E (Barents Sea, 2.4 miles from Kildin Island) at a depth of 248 m. K-159 performed 9 missions and passed 212,618 miles since June 1963.
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