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HISTORY The first International Festival of the Sea took place in Bristol in 1996, and the key theme was John Cabot 's pioneering voyage of discovery to the Americas . As part of the festival, a replica of Cabot's ship, the '' Matthew '', was dedicated prior to its reenactment of Cabot's voyage the following year. The relative success of the first festival, taken with the declining numbers of visitors to Navy Day s, encouraged the Royal Navy to invite the festival to Portsmouth in 1998 and 2001. Unlike the Bristol event, the Portsmouth events had a strong Naval component, and effectively combined the maritime heritage aspects of the first festival with the naval public relations aspects of the old Navy Days. Both events were highly successful with over 200,000 visitors to each. The 2003 festival was held in Edinburgh 's port district of Leith . The 2005 International Festival of the Sea returned to Portsmouth as part of the Trafalgar 200 and Sea Britain 2005 festivities to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle Of Trafalgar . LIST OF FESTIVALS
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