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<br> At 22:30, the Northern Fleet declared an emergency, and the exercise was stopped. They reported the phenomenon to fleet headquarters however their report was ignored. Late on Saturday night, 9 hours after the boat sank, Northern Fleet commander Admiral Popov ordered the primary search for the submarine. The Northern Fleet responsibility officer notified the pinnacle of the fleet's search and rescue forces, Captain Alexander Teslenko, [https://mitolyns.net](https://tyciis.com/thread-216738-1-1.html) to face by for orders. Teslenko's primary rescue ship was a 20-year-outdated former lumber carrier, Mikhail Rudnitsky, which had been converted to assist submersible rescue operations. According to the Russian press, the exercise concerned more than 50 ships and submarines, forty help vessels, and round 80 airplanes and helicopters. It was brought back aboard, repaired, and relaunched at 21:10. On Tuesday, 15 August, three days after the sinking, the crane ship PK-7500 arrived with the more manoeuvrable Project 18270 Bester-kind DSRV (AC-36). The salvage tug Nikolay Chiker (SB 131) arrived early within the rescue operation. At 09:00, Mikhail Rudnitsky arrived at the location. The crew of Mikhail Rudnitsky cannibalised the AS-32 to repair the AS-34.<br> |
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<br> On Tuesday Mikhail Rudnitsky lowered a diving bell twice, but could not hook up with the sub. 36 The ship dispatched a helicopter to look for Kursk, however it did not discover the sub on the floor |
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