 The riot led the International Squadron to demand the withdrawal of all Ottoman forces from Crete, and when the final Ottoman troops finally departed on 6 November 1898, sailors from "Revenge" and the British battleship supervised their embarkation aboard the British torpedo gunboat .On 19 December 1898, "Revenge", with Noel aboard, joined the Italian battleship "Francesco Morosini" (carrying the admiral commanding the International Squadron's Italian ships) and the Russian armored cruiser "Gerzog Edinburgski" (with the senior Russian commander, Rear Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, aboard) in steaming to Milos with the French protected cruiser "Bugeaud", flagship of the International Squadron's overall commander, Rear Admiral Édouard Pottier.At Milos, they rendezvoused with Prince George of Greece and Denmark aboard his yacht.