International Festival of the Sea, 2001

It also allowed people to visit the historic dockyard, including HMS Victory and Mary Rose.

There were also many maritime displays, street entertainers, military bands, music concerts and unique shops.

The first International Festival of the Sea took place in Bristol in 1996 with the Royal Navy as primary participants.

Most of the spectacular events were military in genre, some displaying the most modern of hardware, whilst others showed of historical equipment.

It involved a hostage situation off the West African coast, and the Royal Marines operation to free them.

A Spitfire welcomes USS Winston S. Churchill to Portsmouth for the Festival of the Sea
HMS Endurance was at the festival
The French frigate De Grasse (D 612)
Grand Turk was one of the tall ships in attendance