	When the "Vauquelin"s entered service they were assigned to the 5th and the newly formed 6th Light Divisions ( (DL)) which were later redesignated as scout divisions (). "Kersaint" and her sister ships and were assigned to the 6th DL of the 2nd Light Squadron ( of the 2nd Squadron (), based in Brest. The 6th DL was transferred to the group of large destroyers ( (GCT) of the 1st Squadron () in Toulon in October 1934 and it was renumbered as the 9th. On 27 June 1935, all of the "Vauquelin"s, except , participated in a naval review conducted by the Navy Minister () François Piétri in the Baie de Douarnenez after combined maneuvers by the 1st and 2nd Squadrons. 