"Gul Djemal" was repaired with German assistance and put back into service, at first as a naval auxiliary in the Black Sea. In November 1918, she was used to repatriate 1,500 German troops from Turkey after the Armistice. She turned up unannounced to the Allied control point at Dover, which caused alarm and confusion, however the German soldiers were disarmed and sent home. In 1919 the ship embarked returning German troops of General Kress's Caucasus expedition, and the remaining German residents of Constantinople, from there to Bremen, arriving 29 June.