 The French contingent provided crews for a pair of Russian destroyers and two German U-boats, and the other Allied ships similarly activated Russian and German vessels to secure the area.On 7 January 1919, the battleship arrived in Sevastopol and relieved "Démocratie".The latter vessel then returned to Constantinople where she joined the 2nd Squadron, which at that time also included "Justice", the "Danton"-class ships and "Vergniaud", and the dreadnought .