 On 25 September, "Liberté" was destroyed by a magazine explosion; a commission was convened aboard "Justice" the following day to investigate the accident.Just a month later, on 26 October, "Justice" also caught fire and two of her 194 mm and one of her 47 mm magazines had to be flooded to prevent a similar explosion.The fire was believed to have been started by a short circuit in the electrical system near the forward magazines.