However, by 1718 he had signed on with the Spanish. He served with them during the War of the Quadruple Alliance, sailing to the Mediterranean for the Battle of Cape Passaro. Much of the Spanish fleet was captured, but Noland escaped along with fellow Irishman Admiral George Cammock. Afterwards he returned to the Caribbean as a "guarda costa" privateer, captaining a ship alongside a Spaniard, Don Benito, with a mixed crew. When the War of the Quadruple Alliance ended in early 1720, English and Spanish officials agreed to return ships captured by each other's privateers; the Spanish at St. Augustine agreed to make restitution "for four prizes brought in by Capt. Richd. Holland, which are the only that were taken." Benito and Noland were still recorded as capturing English vessels through 1724.