Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Statut Naval" itsva muna 1906 yakaunza kuvakwa kwezvitanhatu zveS uye zvinomwe zvinotyisa zveS uye es. "Danton" dzaive pre-dreadnought ngarava dzakavakwa mushure mekuburitswa kweBritish "zvese-hombe-pfuti" yakapa ngarava dzakadai kuti dzishaye basa, kunyangwe maFrench panguva iyoyo vaifarira mwero wepamusoro wemoto wezvombo zvechipiri zvakapfava. Vachipwiswa nezvokudikanwa kwokutevera muenzaniso nevadzvinyiriri vavo vamene, vaFrench vakaraira "Courbet" ina muna 1910 uye "Bretagne" nhatu dzakatevera muna 1912. Aya ndiwo aizova magwa ekupedzisira akapedzwa kwemakumi maviri emakore, sezvo Hondo Yenyika I yakamanikidza maFrench kudzima uye es (akarayirwa zvirongwa zve1913 na1915) sezvo zviwanikwa zvemabhizimusi uye zvemari zvakashandurwa kuuto reFrance uye zvipingamupinyi zvemari mushure mehondo zvakatadzisa kuenderera mberi kwekuvaka. Munguva yehondo, chikamu chikuru chechikepe cheFrance chakanga chakabatikana nekuchengetedza mugumo wekumaodzanyemba kweGungwa reAdriatic kudzivirira Navy yeAustria-Hungary, nepo ngarava dzekare dzaishandiswa kumwe kunhu, kunyanya panguva yeDardanelles mushandirapamwe
, apo "Bouvet" yakanyura muna 1915. Pashure pehondo, pre-dreadnoughts akapona akanga kana scrapped kana kuderedzwa kuti yechipiri mabasa.