 The 2nd Squadron ships were sent to Constantinople to oversee the surrender of Ottoman forces, and "Démocratie" and "Justice" proceeded into the Black Sea, where they supervised the transfer of Russian warships that had been seized by the Germans back to Russian control.Shortly after the end of the war, "Démocratie", "Justice", and a destroyer joined an Allied fleet (including the British dreadnoughts and and the Italian pre-dreadnought "Roma") that was sent to the Black Sea port of Sevastopol.They oversaw the enforcement of the terms of the Armistice with Germany; the Germans had previously seized Russian naval units and stationed occupation forces there under the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.