
HMS Albion passes Nomansland fort (R) in The Solent as it arrives at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

HMS Albion arrives at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

Soldiers and civilians wave from HMS Albion on their arrival at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain, 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

HMS Albion arrives at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

Soldiers and civilians wave from HMS Albion on their arrival at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain, 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

HMS Albion arrives at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

HMS Albion arrives at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY

Soldiers and civilians wave from HMS Albion on their arrival at Portsmouth, Southern England, Britain, 21 April 2010, from Santander in Spain after picking up soldiers and civilians stranded after British airspace was closed for six days as volcanic ash from Iceland drifted over Northern Europe. EPA/GERRY PENNY