Launched on 24 March 1898, Châteaurenault was commissioned in October. In 1904, she was damaged after accidentally running into an underwater rock. In 1910, she ran aground on Spartel, and had to be taken in tow by the Victor Hugo. From 1913, she was used as a schoolship in Toulon. Recommissioned at the outbreak of the First World War, Châteaurenault patrolled the Mediterranean. In 1917, she was used as a troopship, ferrying soldiers from Taranto to Itea. On 5 October, she rescued the liner Gallia, torpedoed by , and saved 1,200 men.
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