 Three years later, on 8 June 1866, "General Admiral" departed Kronstadt for the Mediterranean, making a port visit at Copenhagen on 22 June en route.In June 1867 she made another port visit at Piraeus before leaving Cadiz on 26 July bound for the Baltic.She returned to the Mediterranean the next year and evacuated Cretan insurgents and their families in 1868 during the Cretan Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.