Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikepe cheFrance chehondo "Gloire" chaive chimwe chezvikepe zvishanu zvehondo zvakavakirwa Mauto eFrance () mumakore gumi ekutanga ezana ramakore rechi20. Yakashongedzerwa nezvombo zvakasiyana-siyana uye pfuti, ngarava dzakagadzirirwa kushanda neboka. Yakapedzwa muna 1904, "Gloire" yakabatana nedzimwe ngarava dzayo dzehanzvadzi muNorthern Squadron (), kazhinji ichishanda senhumbi huru. Yakabatanidzwa mukuputika kweFrance
weCasablanca, Morocco, muna 1907, uye akapiwa kwenguva pfupi kuMediterranean Squadron () muna 1910-1911. "Gloire" yakava ngarava yokurovedza mukupera kwa 1913.