A week later, in the Arsenal de Brest.
There was a planned series of commissioning ceremonies for the new warships built for the French Navy. There were battlecruisers, heavy cruisers, destroyers, and submarines.
But this time, the attention was not focused on a single vessel.
Several new warships had been completed and were now ready to formally enter service.
Battlecruisers, heavy cruisers, destroyers, submarines—an entire generation of modern ships stood ready along the docks of Brest.
The harbor was alive with movement.
Naval officers moved between the vessels carrying inspection documents and schedules. Workers from the shipyard gathered near the edges of the ceremony grounds, curious to witness the ships they had spent months constructing finally become part of the Imperial Navy.
Rows of sailors stood at attention along the decks of their assigned vessels. Their dark blue uniforms contrasted against the gray steel of the hulls beneath their boots.
