Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava mbiri dzokutanga <unk>"Gaulois" uye <unk>vakapihwa kwenguva pfupi kuNorthern Squadron vasati vaendeswa kuMediterranean Squadron muna 1899, uko vakabatanidzwa negore rakatevera. Nhengo yokupedzisira yekirasi yacho yakava ngarava huru yechikwata. Ngarava dzacho dzakabatanidzwa mutsaona dzinoverengeka: "Gaulois" yakarovera nemuparadzi muna 1900 uye "Bouvet" muna 1903, "Saint Louis" yakarohwa nemuparadzi uye yakarova ngarava yepasi pegungwa muna 1911 na1912, zvichiteerana. Ngarava yehondo itsva yakatsiva "Saint Louis" sechifukidziro muna 1904, uye "Charlemagne" nhatu dzakaendeswa kuNorth Sea muna 1909 ndokudzokera kuMediterranean muna 1912. Vaiperekedza zvikepe pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika I uye gare gare vakapinda muhondo yeDardanelles
, apo "Gaulois" yakakuvadzwa zvikuru neOttoman artillery fire. "Gaulois" yakazoparidzirwa torpedo ndokunyudzwa neU-boat yeGermany muna 1916 uye dzimwe ngarava mbiri dzakaona basa shoma shure kwaizvozvo, dzichibviswa mubasa pakati pa1917. "Charlemagne" akatengeswa kuti aputswe muna 1923, nepo "Saint Louis" akaramba ari muchikepe chehondo sechikepe chevarwi kusvikira muna 1931, paakarohwa kubva mubhuku rezvikepe uye akatengeswa makore maviri gare gare.