Soviet submarine B-871
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Soviet submarine B-871 Alrosa is an diesel-electric that joined the Soviet Fleet in 1990 and is active with the Russian Black Sea Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....

 as of 2011.

In June 2011 she took part in a NATO submarine rescue exercise, 'Bold Monarch 2011,' the first Russian submarine to do so.

Instead of a conventional propeller Alrosa uses a pump jet propulsion system.
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