New Vanguard #336: Soviet Motor Torpedo Boats of World War II

English shipbuilder Sir John Thornycroft, credited as a pioneer in the torpedo-boat industry, initially created the Miranda series of mahogany fast boats culminating in the Miranda IV, launched in 1910. This boat could reach speeds of up to 35 knots with a single 120hp petrol engine. The boat was characterised by a hard chine-stepped hull and categorized as a ‘skimmer’. In 1915, Thornycroft designed and built a large series of Coastal Motor Torpedo Boats (CMBs) based on this design and armed with torpedoes.