 Before entering service, on 5 July, "Vice-amiral" ("VA"—Vice Admiral) Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère came aboard the ship to command a flotilla that included the armored cruiser , the destroyers and , and the torpedo boat that was to carry President Armand Fallières for a tour of the Baltic Sea.The ships cruised north to Dunkirk, where Fallières embarked on "Vérité", and then continued on into the Baltic, stopping in Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden.In the latter city, King Gustaf V of Sweden visited "Vérité".