August 12, 2000 : the final moments aboard the Russian Navy's nuclear submarine Kurst
The birth of the submarine : A brief history of early subs, including the Turtle and the Nautilus
The first underwater weapon of war : the American Confederate sub H.L. Hunley
The submarine comes of age : the influence of John Holland on submarine design
Battle under the sea : the submarine has now become a forbidable weapon, as Germany's U-boats prove during the First World War
Lost in peace : two submarine tragedies, the US Navy's Squalus and the Royal Navy's Thetis, dominate peacetime headlines
The U-boat war : Germany revolutionizes the way submarines are used in combat
A casualty of the Cold War : a tiny piece of aluminum foil spells disaster for the US Navy's nuclear submarine Scorpion
Disaster under the Barents Sea : the tragic story of the Kursk