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==Service history==
The first ship completed, ''Dupleix'', was initially assigned to the Atlantic Division as its flagship. Her sisters were initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron's Light Squadron ({{lang|fr|Escadre légère}}), although ''Desaix'' relieved ''Dupleix'' as flagship of the Atlantic Division in 1905. In her turn ''Kléber'' relieved ''Desaix'' as flagship of the Atlantic Division in 1907. ''Desaix'' took ''Kléber''{{'}}s place in the Light Squadron. While visiting the United States later that year, the cruiser accidentally collided with and sank an American [[cargo ship]] and participated in the [[Jamestown Exposition]], celebrating the tercentenary of the founding of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]. At the beginning of 1908, ''Kléber'' became flagship of the Moroccan Division ({{lang|fr|Division du Maroc}}).<ref>{{cite book |author1=U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation |title=Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907 |date=1907 |publisher=Government Printing Office |___location=Washington, D.C. |page=379 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330071}}</ref><ref>Jordan & Caresse, pp. 95, 210; Sieche, pp. 150, 155, 157</ref>
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