 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kunyange zvazvo dzakavakwa kuti dzirwise kuwedzera kwehondo dzehondo dzehondo dzeGermany, République uye Patrie dzakapedza basa radzo muGungwa reMediterranean. Muna May 1907, France yakagumisa chibvumirano chisina kurongwa neBritain neSpain pashure pokunge Germany yakonzera Dambudziko Rokutanga reMorocco. Yaibatanidza zvirongwa zvokuunganidza ngarava dzeBritain kuti dzirwisane neGermany, nepo ngarava dzeFrance, dzichitsigirwa neSpain, dzaizotarisana neidzo dzeItaly neAustria-Hungary. Ngarava dzacho dzakanzi dzibatane ne1st Division yeMediterranean Squadron pashure pokupinda mubasa, Patrie ichishanda sechikepe chikuru. Toulon yakashanda sechiteshi chemusha chechikwata, kunyange zvazvo vaiwanzorarawo muGolfe-Juan neVillefranche-sur-Mer. Mumakore ose okuma1900 uye kutanga kwema1910, ngarava dzacho dzaiita basa rokudzidzira munguva yorugare kumadokero kweMediterranean neAtlantic. Vaiitawo kuongorora zvikepe zvehondo zveMutungamiri weFrance, vamwe vakuru vakuru vehurumende, uye vakuru vakuru vokune dzimwe nyika munguva iyi. Ngarava dzacho dzaiwanzosvikawo kuzviteshi zvengarava zvokune dzimwe nyika muMediterranean, kusanganisira kuSpain, Monaco, neItaly, nezvimwewo. Pakazosvika kutanga kwa1911, s yakanga yatanga kupinda mubasa, ichidzinga République uye Patrie kune izvo zvaive zvino 2nd Squadron yeMediterranean Fleet, Patrie achiri kushanda sechikwata chechikwata. 