 From there, Boué de Lapeyrère transferred to "Vérité" for the voyage back to Toulon, and upon arriving there shifted his flag to the battleship .On 20 August, the alarm was sounded aboard the ship in Toulon when crewmen noticed thick black smoke pouring from the magazines, prompting fears that the magazines had caught fire.Instead, it turned out that there was a problem with the ventilation system from the boiler rooms, leading to an accumulation of smoke in the boilers.