![]() A total of 42 crew died, many from smoke inhalation and exposure to the cold waters of the Barents Sea, while 27 crew members survived. All but five crewmen evacuated before it sank. K-278 Komsomolets: The only Mike-class sub built sank due to a raging fire April 7, 1989.Location: 950 kilometres (510 nmi) east of Bermuda in the North Atlantic Ocean. It then sank suddenly while being towed after all surviving crewmen had transferred off. K-219: A Project 667A Yankee I-class submarine was damaged by a fire in a missile tube and explosion on October 3, 1986.Location: Bay of Biscay, 490 kilometres (260 nmi) northwest of Spain in the North Atlantic Ocean. ![]() All 52 sailors died when the submarine flooded and sank, for total losses of 60 crew when counting the 8 who perished on April 8 in the initial fire. The submarine's crew was initially evacuated to a surface vessel, but 52 re-boarded the surfaced submarine for the towing operation.
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