 In January 1900 she was ordered to Rochefort for repairs to her steam @-@ piping in preparation for her upcoming deployment to the Far East . Amiral Charner departed Brest on 26 June and arrived in Saigon , French Indochina , on 1 August . She supported Allied forces during the later stages of the Boxer Rebellion in mid @-@ 1901 before returning to Toulon on 8 November . After a brief refit , the ship was assigned to the 3rd Armored Division on 24 January 1902 . During the annual naval maneuvers in July – August 1902 , Amiral Charner simulated defending against a force breaking into the Mediterranean from the Atlantic , attacked the fortifications at Bizerte , French North Africa , and blockaded hostile ports . She was placed in reserve in Toulon on 15 January 1903 and later assigned to the gunnery school there until the middle of 1910 . Amiral Charner became the guardship at Souda Bay , Crete on 13 May until relieved by her sister Bruix in July 1912 and was then refitted before being placed in reserve at Bizerta , Tunisia . 
