 A week after she was completed, she was sent to the United Kingdom in honour of the Coronation of George V in 1911.Upon her return to France, "Danton" was to the 1st Battleship Squadron in April 1912, along with her five sister ships.Later that year, while off Hyères in the Mediterranean, "Danton" suffered an explosion in one of her gun turrets, which killed three men and injured several others.