 When World War I began in August 1914 , she was recommissioned and assigned to escort convoys between Morocco and France together with Latouche @-@ Tréville and Bruix . In November she was assigned to the 3rd Division of the 3rd Squadron based at Port Said , Egypt where she bombarded Ottoman positions on the Syrian coast several times . Amiral Charner ran aground under enemy fire off Dedeagatch , Bulgaria on 3 March 1915 and had to be pulled off by the small Italian cargo liner SS Bosnia . Together with the predreadnought battleship Jauréguiberry and the protected cruiser Destrées , she was assigned to blockade the coast between Tripoli , Lebanon and El Arish , Egypt in late August . On 11 – 12 September , the ship participated in the rescue of 3 @,@ 000 Armenians north of the Orontes River Delta from pursuing Ottoman troops . The ship supported the occupation of the island of Kastelorizo on 28 December , along with the armored cruiser Jeanne d 'Arc . 
