 Operation Cunningham

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 Eyjafjallajökull 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.