Albion was assigned to collect 200 soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles from Santander, and to fill the remaining space aboard with passengers, arriving on the morning of 20 April.[2]
Oceanedit
Ocean sailed from her Devonport base on 19 April, being on readiness in the Channel from 20 April.[3]
Ark Royaledit
HMS Ark Royal was detached from NATOExercise Joint Warrior off north-west Scotland[4] (also affected by the grounding of aircraft[5][6]), reaching the south coast of England on 20 April and sailing from HMNB Portsmouth to join Ocean in the Channel later that day.
However due to two leaks, she was stood down and returned to HMNB Portsmouth for a dry dock repair, with her ammunition still embarked. [1]
operation, cunningham, naval, operation, april, 2010, units, royal, navy, united, kingdom, ship, british, military, personnel, passengers, stranded, continental, europe, travel, disruption, after, 2010, eyjafjallajökull, eruption, amphibious, warfare, ships, a. Operation Cunningham was a naval operation in April 2010 by units of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom to ship British military personnel and air passengers stranded in continental Europe by the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption The amphibious warfare ships HMS Albion and HMS Ocean and the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal were assigned to the operation which was named after the Second World War British admiral Andrew Cunningham However only Albion was directly involved in the repatriation effort 1 Contents 1 By ship 1 1 Albion 1 2 Ocean 1 3 Ark Royal 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesBy ship editAlbion edit Albion was assigned to collect 200 soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles from Santander and to fill the remaining space aboard with passengers arriving on the morning of 20 April 2 Ocean edit Ocean sailed from her Devonport base on 19 April being on readiness in the Channel from 20 April 3 Ark Royal edit HMS Ark Royal was detached from NATO Exercise Joint Warrior off north west Scotland 4 also affected by the grounding of aircraft 5 6 reaching the south coast of England on 20 April and sailing from HMNB Portsmouth to join Ocean in the Channel later that day However due to two leaks she was stood down and returned to HMNB Portsmouth for a dry dock repair with her ammunition still embarked 1 See also editAftermath of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption Dunkirk evacuationNotes edit Royal Navy ships to return Britons stranded by volcano BBC News 19 April 2010 Retrieved 19 April 2010 European Countries Agree to Resume Air Traffic Fox News 19 April 2010 Warships may fetch travellers BBC News 19 April 2010 Nato forces gather for exercise BBC News 11 April 2010 Naval rescue mission begins in Santander Navy News Ark Royal beyond volcanic cloud BBC News 16 April 2010 References edit nbsp This United Kingdom navy related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation Cunningham amp oldid 1084207761, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
