Sunderland Parade of Sail marks Tall Ships festival end

The five-day event attracted more than a million visitors

Tall ships have set sail from Sunderland at the end of a five-day festival.

More than 50 ships from 16 different countries took part in the maritime event, which attracted more than a million visitors.

HRH Princess Anne paid an official visit, and there were a number of land-based entertainments and activities.

The ships left the River Wear in a Parade of Sail and headed off to Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands.

Crowd lined Roker Pier to wave the vessels off

The ships' crews paraded through Sunderland

The Christian Radich is one of Norway's best-known sailing ambassadors