Thousands of people stood in queues up to two kilometres long to view and board the warships and submarine docked in the Port Elizabeth Harbour at the weekend. Organisers estimate that about 25‚000 people passed through the harbour gates for the public viewing.South African Navy ships on display in PE harbour this weekend. Come aboard with us. #ArmedForcesDaypic.twitter.com/RPkLwSaisZ— Transnet NPA (@TransnetNPA) February 13, 2016async The atmosphere was festive‚ with clowns‚ magicians and a DJ keeping the crowds entertained.The vessels are docked in the port ahead of Armed Forces Day.SAS Queen Modjaadji arrives at the PE Harbor ahead of Armed Forces Day in Port Elizabeth on the 21 February. #sabcECpic.twitter.com/k9yt2LYSwn — Lerato Thipa (@LThipa) February 12, 2016asyncOn Saturday‚ about 10‚000 people turned up on the quay while Sunday saw about 15‚000 visitors.Navy spokesman Commander Greyling van den Berg called the weekend viewing a great success.Thank you all last year who supported Armed Forces Day. Please get involved again this year: https://t.co/9NobBprKS2pic.twitter.com/QoswEaz27b — ArmedForcesDayWitney (@AFD_Witney) February 10, 2016async “The queues were long‚ primarily because of the overwhelming turnout.“Groups of people were let into the jetty area as others left. This ensured that the area where the ships were berthed was not over-crowded.”He said the fan park at Kings Beach was expected to draw even larger crowds from Wednesday.TMG Digital/The Herald..