Amédée Courbet
Further abroad "Reine Blanche" and "Alma" bombarded the Tunisian port of Sfax in July 1881 as part of the French occupation of Tunisia. "Atalante" participated in the Battle of Thuận An in August 1883. This was an attack by the French on the forts defending the mouth of the Perfume River, leading to the Vietnamese capital of Huế in an attempt to intimidate the Vietnamese government. During the Sino-French War of 1884–85 the ship was in Huế in early September 1884, but she carried Admiral Amédée Courbet to Keelung, Taiwan on 23 September.