Ernest Renan
On 8 January 1916, "Ernest Renan", "Edgar Quinet", and embarked a contingent of "Chasseurs Alpins" (mountain troops) to seize the Greek island of Corfu. The cruisers sent the troops ashore on the night of 10 January; the Greek officials on the island protested the move but offered no resistance. On 22 December, "Ernest Renan" collided with an Italian steamer, several passengers of which drowned in the accident. "Ernest Renan" spent the rest of the war in the Mediterranean and did not see further action.