 In 1895 , Marceau and the ironclads Courbet , Amiral Baudin , and Formidable all nearly ran aground off Hyères ; Marceau and three tugs used to tow Amiral Baudin back to port . During the 1897 fleet gunnery trials , which saw the first use of a new system of centralized fire control in the French fleet , Marceau , her sister Neptune , and the new battleship Brennus all achieved more than 25 percent hits at ranges of between 3 @,@ 000 yd ( 2 @,@ 700 m ) and 4 @,@ 000 yd ( 3 @,@ 700 m ) . On 30 August 1900 , Marceau returned to La Seyne for a major reconstruction . Her heavy military masts were cut down , her engines were modernized and her boilers were replaced with 16 Niclausse boilers . Another 138 @.@ 6 mm gun was installed in the bow under the forecastle . The work was completed in May 1902 , and Marceau underwent a series of sea trials for the remainder of the year . She did not return to active service with the fleet , however , and was placed in reserve at Toulon . In 1906 , she was converted into a training ship for torpedo operators in Toulon . 
