on 19 December 1898 to Milos in the Aegean Sea, where Prince George of Greece and Denmark left his yacht on 20 December and embarked aboard Bugeaud. Escorted by the other three flagships, Bugeaud took him to Suda, Crete, where Prince George disembarked on 21 December 1898 to take up duties as High Commissioner of the new Cretan State under the suzerainty of the Ottoman sultan. His arrival on the island brought 229 years of direct Ottoman rule of Crete to an end. Pottier and the other admirals commanding the national contingents of the International Squadron promptly requested that their governments recall them, and the International Squadron was dissolved. On 27 March 1899, Pottier became Maritime Prefect of the 4th Maritime District in Rochefort. On 1 August 1900, he became commander-in-chief of the Far East Squadron, with the ironclad battleship as his flagship. Appointed as commander-in-chief of the West Mediterranean and Levant Squadron on 1 October 1902, he assumed that command in 1903, with the battleship as his flagship. Pottier died on 3 August 1903 in Rochefort. Awards Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour See also References Notes Bibliography Dossier de Légion d'honneur de l'amiral Pottier. (French) . 1839 births 1903 deaths 19th-century French military personnel 20th-century French military personnel French Navy admirals French military personnel of the Second French intervention in Mexico Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur