NAVY'S LITTLE SAIL SHIPS. 26 MAY 1943, AT SEA OFF DEVONPORT. TWO OF FIFTEEN LITTLE SHIPS, WHICH ARE THE ONLY WAR VESSELS IN THE ROYAL NAVY STILL TO USE SAIL. THESE MOTOR FISHING VESSELS, AS THEY ARE KNOWN, USE A COMBINED POWER OF SAIL AND A NEW TYPE OF PETROL ENGINE, THEY ARE ONLY 60 FEET LONG AND THEIR DUTIES ARE MOSTLY HARBOUR DEFENCE, PATROL AND FERRYING SERVICES IN NAVAL PORTS. THEY CARRY LIGHT ARMAMENT.

When protesters in Bristol pulled down a prominent statue of slave trader Edward Colston as part of the Black Lives Matter protests against the killing of George Floyd, it prompted a nationwide debate. How should we memorialise controversial aspects of our past? Watch a live debate on this topic, part of the IWM Institute's Hindsight in 2020 series.

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