 The paddle steamer , the station ship in Constantinopel, joined the German squadron in the area.The German squadron remained in the area until December, primarily to protect the German embassy in Alexandria, when the squadron was disbanded; "Gneisenau" arrived back in Kiel on 24 December, where she was decommissioned on 9 January 1883, though "Nymphe" and "Cyclop" remained in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as a precaution against further unrest.