They use these boats to attack other ships, which are usually large cargo ships.

Three boats found the convoy and attacked, while a fourth failed to make contact.

Abramov's boat attacked first, causing the Egyptians to fire at random.

Later that evening, a flying boat also attacked her, again without causing any damage.

Then on 6 June, the boats of the squadron attacked Morbihan itself.

So long as these were not available in the first years of the war, there was no other choice than to allow the boats to attack singly.

The American account states that three British boats attacked but were beaten off.

At 12:00 am and sunset the British boats moved forward again and attacked.

Juno lost one man killed when the boats attacked a gun-schooner.

The German boats then turned their attention from the drifters to the destroyer and attacked her, completely by surprise.