of commander Milashevsky claims they were actually stranded Wednesday. Kommersant reports that the head of the Navy Vladimir Kuroyedov, may be relieved over this, the Kursk, and other accidents. Another nuclear submarine, the , being towed to the junkyard, sank in 2003 when the pontoon broke loose, with the loss of nine lives. BBC also reports that in July, an ICBM test firing witnessed by Putin failed to launch twice; then exploded soon after launch the next day. Although officials claimed the AS-28 crew had food and water for five days, they were actually desperately short of water. There were also alternating stories about whether the submarine was caught on an aerial or fishing nets; nets and cables were visible on TV footage of the ROV in action. Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the affair, and their Navy plans to buy two of the £700,000 to £3 million Scorpio ROVs. See also Russian submarine References External links US NAVY CALLS UPON PHOENIX FOR SUBMARINE RESCUE SUPPORT Rescuing the Rescue Submarine - Hammernews Rescued submarine crew tell of 76-hour ordeal- Guardian Press haunted by Kursk memories (Russian reports via BBC) Where the submarine was stranded (BBC) Russians race to rescue sailors (BBC) August 6, 2005 Russia races to free trapped mini-sub (Reuters Canada) August 6, 2005 World unites to save young skipper and 6 crew (The Age, Australia) August 6, 2005 Submarine Rescue Teams Prepare to Use Explosives to Free Vessel (Bloomberg News) August 6, 2005 Official: Russian rescuers lifting disabled sub (CNN) August 6, 2005 Rescuers Attempt to Lift Russian Mini-Sub to Let Divers Work — Navy Official (MosNews.com) 6 August 2005 Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe (CNN) August 7, 2005 Russische Marine wollte U-Boot nicht bergen Submarines of the Russian Navy Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicles Russian submarine accidents Maritime incidents in 2005 Lifeboats 1985 ships Ships built in the Soviet Union Submarines of the Soviet Navy Ships built by Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 de:Pris-Klasse#Der Unfall vor der Kamtschatka-Halbinsel