Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Desaix" uye "Kléber" vakagadziriswazve muna Chikunguru 1914 uye vakagoverwa ku3rd Light Division (DL)) ye2nd Light Squadron iyo yakapiwa basa rekudzivirira English Channel pamwe chete neBritish. Chikamu chacho chakanga chiri panzvimbo kumadokero kwekuguma kweChannel na4 Nyamavhuvhu, uko basa ravo raive rekubata ngarava dzeGerman uye nekupa chifukidzo chiri kure kune zvikepe zvidiki zvinoperekedza makondirakiti muChannel. Kudzivirirwa kwakagadziridzwa muChannel uye kugadzikana kwepamberi pakutanga kwa1915 kwakabvumira vatengesi kuti vasunungurwe kubva pamabasa avo, saka "Desaix" yakapiwa ku3rd Squadron pakusvika kwake kuEastern Mediterranean musi waFebruary 16. Chikwata chacho chakapiwa basa rokurinda nzvimbo iri pakati pePort Said, muEgypt, neAlexandretta, muOttoman Syria. Ngarava yacho yakasunungurwa muna May kuti ibatsire 1st Naval Army () muCentral Mediterranean nekutsvaga kweGermany kutumira pedyo neItaly ports. Akabatanazve ne3rd Squadron uye akapiwa basa rekubatsira kuvhara mahombekombe eOttoman pedyo nemuganhu weTurkey neSyria. Mukupesana nehanzvadzi yake, "Kléber" akaendeswa kuDardanelles kunotsigira
Mauto eAllied muGallipoli Campaign muna Chivabvu apo akabatana neDardanelles Squadron pamwe ne "Dupleix" uye akapiwa basa rekuvhara mahombekombe eAsia Minor. "Kléber" yakarovera neRoyal Australian Navy troopship HMT "Boorara" muAegean Sea musi wa17 Chikunguru, ichikanganisa chimiro chake. Pashure pokunge Umambo hweBulgaria hwabatana neCentral Powers pakati paOctober, "Kléber" yaiva imwe yengarava dzakatumwa kunopamba mhenderekedzo yeAegean yeBulgaria musi waOctober 21.