UK warship picks up stranded travelers in Spain
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A hulking gray Royal Navy warship picked up nearly 800 British soldiers and civilians stranded by the volcanic ash cloud and left Tuesday to take them home.
Bearing military duffel bags, suitcases and tales of travel chaos, soldiers in uniform and parents with children in tow boarded the HMS Albion, a 570-foot (173-meter-long) amphibious assault ship, in this port in northern Spain for the 40-hour voyage to Portsmouth, England. Two other Royal Navy ships are also heading to the continent, including the HMS Ark Royal, as Britain struggles to repatriate its marooned travelers. (AP)
