Russian cruiser Gerzog Edinburgski

Gerzog Edinburgski was originally to be named Alexander Nevski but was renamed before launching.

She took part in the squadron's final operations when, as flagship of the commander of the squadron's Russian forces, Rear Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, she departed Crete along with the British battleship HMS Revenge (flagship of the commander of British forces in the squadron, Rear-Admiral Gerard Noel) and the Italian battleship Francesco Morosini (flagship of the admiral commanding the squadron's Italian ships) 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.

After Prince George boarded Bugeaud on 20 December, Gerzog Edinburgski, Francesco Morosini, and Revenge escorted Bugeaud to Crete, where Prince George disembarked on 21 December 1898 to take office as the High Commissioner of an autonomous Cretan State under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the Cretan uprising to an end.

She was hulked in 1915 as a depot ship and renamed № 4, Barrikada \ «Баррикада», № 9) after the Bolshevik Revolution.

Illustration of units of the International Squadron arriving at Suda Bay , Crete , on 21 December 1898. The French protected cruiser Bugeaud , carrying Prince George of Greece and Denmark , who will take up duty as High Commissioner of the Cretan State , leads the column. She is followed (right to left) by Gerzog Edinburgski , the British battleship HMS Revenge , and the Francesco Morosini .