"I did not collide with an American sub.”

In 1997, a film of the incident called "Hostile Waters" was released by Warner Brothers, starring Rutger Hauer as Captain Britanov.In 2001, the real Captain Britanov filed suit against the studio, claiming they did not have his permission to use his story or his character and that he was portrayed by the writers as incompetent - though reportedly, he approved of Hauer's portrayal.