Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba da jiragen ruwa na farko guda biyu "Gaulois" da <unk> a cikin Northern Squadron kafin a tura su zuwa Squadron na Bahar Rum a shekara ta 1899, inda suka shiga shekara mai zuwa. Dan wasan karshe na aji ya zama jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa. Jiragen ruwa sun shiga cikin hatsari da yawa: "Gaulois" ya yi karo da jirgin ruwa a 1900 da "Bouvet" a 1903, "Saint Louis" ya buge da jirgin ruwa kuma ya buge jirgin ruwa a 1911 da 1912, bi da bi. Sabuwar jirgin ya maye gurbin "Saint Louis" a matsayin jirgin ruwa a 1904, kuma an tura "Charlemagne" guda uku zuwa Arewacin Tekun a 1909 kuma ya koma Bahar Rum a 1912. Sun bi sahun jiragen ruwa a farkon Yaƙin Duniya na I kuma daga baya suka shiga cikin
Yaƙin Dardanelles, inda "Gaulois" ya lalace sosai ta hanyar bindigar Ottoman. "Gaulois" daga bisani ya shafe shi kuma ya nutse ta hanyar jirgin ruwa na Jamus a shekara ta 1916 kuma sauran jiragen ruwa biyu sun ga kadan daga baya, an janye su daga sabis a tsakiyar 1917. "Charlemagne" an sayar da shi a 1923, yayin da "Saint Louis" ya kasance a cikin jerin jiragen ruwa a matsayin jirgin ruwa har zuwa 1931, lokacin da aka buga shi daga rijistar jiragen ruwa kuma aka sayar da shi shekaru biyu bayan haka.