Kammala wannan jumla: "Du Chayla" ya shiga aiki a 1899, ya shiga cikin Rundunar Mediterranean, inda ya yi aiki na shekaru takwas masu zuwa. A wannan lokacin, ta shagaltar da farko da atisayen horo na yau da kullun. A watan Agustan 1907, ta goyi bayan wani harin amphibious a Faransa Morocco a lokacin
Harin bam na Casablanca. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I, ya yi sintiri a cikin Atlantic don 'yan kasuwa na kasuwanci na Jamus amma bai ga wani aiki ba. A shekara ta 1918, an raba shi da makamai don samar da makamai ga sojojin Faransa. "Du Chayla" ya halarci aikin da Allied ya yi a cikin yakin basasa na Rasha a shekarar 1919 amma an kira shi zuwa Faransa a shekarar 1920, inda aka buga shi daga rijistar jiragen ruwa a 1921 kuma aka sayar da shi ga masu fasa jirgi.