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| | Sunday, 18 August, 2002, 20:48 GMT 21:48 UK In pictures: Tall ships on parade A parade of 58 tall ships sailed out of Portsmouth Harbour on Sunday, watched by tens of thousands of people, to mark the end of one of Europe's biggest maritime festivals, The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race.
 Tall ships from 15 nations, including Poland and Russia, joined the race from Spain to the UK  More than 4,000 crew members sailed 66 tall ships from Alicante via Malaga, La Coruna and Santander  Crews, including young people with disabillities, spent up to nine days at sea learning the ropes  British maritime history was represented by the Stavros S Niarchos with 50 young people from Portsmouth  Tens of thousands headed for the south coast to watch the ships unfurl their sails on the last day of the festival  Even modern ships joined the parade at the end of the festival - headed by the Royal Navy's HMS Exeter | |   See also: 15 Aug 02 | England 15 Aug 02 | England 05 Aug 01 | Scotland 04 Feb 01 | Wales Top England stories now: Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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