 Giuseppe Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand had forced King Francis II to flee to Gaeta, so "Loreley" embarked the Prussian and Austrian ambassadors, along with a pair of representatives from the Papal States, and carried them to Gaeta.She then returned to Naples, where she and "Ida" embarked civilians from the German states fleeing the fighting there.A senior Sicilian officer was also evacuated aboard "Ida", which drew protests from the Kingdom of Sardinia.