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Friday, 26 April, 2002, 16:15 GMT 17:15 UK

In Pictures: Kursk's last voyage

The Russian submarine Kursk, which sank in August 2000 killing all 118 crew on board, is making its final journey before being broken up and sold for scrap metal.

Examinations of the hulk of the submarine failed to reach a conclusion as to what caused the disaster. Many believe the Kursk's bow, still on the Barents Sea floor, holds the key.

The Kursk at Roslyakovo docks

Transferring the Kursk on to a floating dock is a difficult task

The Pandella floating dock

The Kursk convoy will go through the Kola Bay to the Nerpa shipyard

Workers watch as the submarine makes its final journey

Nerpa ship repair yard at Snezhnogorsk

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