 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Amiral Charner yaive ngarava yezvombo yakavakirwa maFrench Navy muma1890, zita rechikepe chekirasi yake. Akapedza nguva yakawanda yebasa rake muMediterranean, kunyange zvazvo akatumirwa kuChina panguva yeBoxer Rebellion ye1900-01. Ngarava yacho yakatumirwa kuInternational Squadron pachitsuwa cheKrete panguva yokumukira kwa1897-1898 ikoko uye Hondo yeGreek-Turkish ya1897kudzivirira fariro dzeFrance navanhu. Amiral Charner akapedza chikamu chikuru chamakore gumi okutanga ezana ramakore rechi 20 ari ngarava yokurovedza kana kuti muchengetedzi. Ngarava yacho yakadzorerwa basa pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I muna 1914 uye yakafambisa ngarava kwemwedzi inoverengeka isati yagoverwa kuMabvazuva kweMediterranean kuti ivhare mahombekombe eOttoman. Munguva iyi, akabatsira kununura zviuru zvevaArmenia kubva kuSyria panguva yeArmenian genocide ya1915. Amiral Charner yakanyudzwa mukuvamba kwa 1916 nechikepe cheGermany chepasi pegungwa, nomupukunyuki mumwe bedzi akanunurwa. 