the Karlskrona naval base. On 19 June 1984, a Whiskey-class submarine was caught in a fishing-net and surfaced within the Norwegian economic exclusive zone. On 14 December 1989 a decommissioned Whiskey class soviet submarine under tow for scrapping in Nakskov was sunk 2 miles west of Bornholm. Attempts to raise it in 1991 failed and it sunk nearby in deeper water. On 5 February 2007, the decommissioned took on water and sank off the coast of Denmark while being towed to become part of a naval museum. In 2009 a previously unknown and unidentified sunken Whiskey-class submarine was discovered within Sweden's EEZ close to the island of Gotland. It was a decommissioned submarine which sank while under tow to be scrapped in Denmark. News of the discovery was not made public until March 2011.Forsvarsmakten.se Surviving examples S-189 is preserved as a museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (ex-S-290) is preserved in Surabaya, Indonesia. Notes References Weir, Gary E., and Boyle, Walter J. Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines That Fought the Cold War'' Basic Books, 2003. External links History, Development, and Use of the Whiskey-class Submarine Encyclopedia of Ships Whiskey class submarines - Complete Ship List (English) Submarine classes Submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy Russian and Soviet navy submarine classes Submarines of the Korean People's Navy Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy