 Charles Martel spent her active career in the Mediterranean Squadron of the French fleet , first in the active squadron , and later in the Reserve Squadron . She regularly participated in fleet maneuvers , and in the 1901 exercises , the submarine Gustave Zédé hit her with a dummy torpedo , which was widely hailed in the press . Charles Martel was out of service by the outbreak of World War I in 1914 , and so she saw no action during the conflict . She was ultimately broken up for scrap in 1922 . 
