1918. The equivalent achievement for the CMBs was a lesser success; during the Russian Civil War CMBs attacked the Red Fleet at anchor at Kronstadt on 18 June 1919, sinking the cruiser for the loss of four craft.

The design matured in the mid-1930s as the motor torpedo boats (MTBs) and motor gunboat (MGBs) of the Royal Navy, the PT boats of the US Navy, and the E-boats