Investigators pulled three more bodies out of the Kursksubmarine overnight.
Six bodies have now been recovered since the wreck was placed in dry dock early this week, officials said today.
"One body was taken from the rear ninth compartment, where three other bodies were recovered yesterday, and two others were recovered early today," said a spokesman for the Russian state prosecutor.
Investigators are making their first inspections of the 18,000-tonne hulk since it was brought up from the bottom of the Barents Sea on October 8th.
The Kursksank on August 12th last year following two as-yet-unexplained explosions in the forward section.
All 118 crewmembers died in the disaster. Twelve bodies were recovered in an underwater operation last November.
The wrecked sub, minus the front section that was cut off for security reasons, was raised in an international salvage operation that lasted three months and cost some $65 million.
AFP