 Upon reaching Toulon on 15 August, the ship became the flagship of Rear Admiral () Dominique-Marie Gauchet, commander of the Mediterranean Squadron ('s) Second Division () of the First Battle Squadron ().Together with four of her sisters, she participated in a large naval review by the President of France, Armand Fallières, off Cap Brun on 4 September and then the visit by the Navy Minister, Théophile Delcassé on the 8th.In mid-April 1912, the First Battle Squadron hosted three British armored cruisers at Golfe-Juan as their commander, Rear-Admiral Edward Gamble unveiled monuments to King Edward VII and his mother, Queen Victoria, at Cannes.