After leaving Hong Kong, "Sophie" visited several other Chinese and Japanese ports. In the meantime, the Chilean Civil War of 1891 had broken out, prompting the German high command to send the three ships there on 3 May to safeguard German nationals in the country. They arrived in Valparaiso on 9 July and proceeded to visit other Chilean ports before returning to Valparaiso on 28 August. There, they sent landing parties ashore to protect Germans living in the city. After the war ended, "Sophie" and the other ships were able to leave for Cape Town before proceeding on to German East Africa in April 1892. The other two ships continued on without "Sophie", which was left behind until 18 June, when she was ordered to return to Germany. She arrived in Wilhelmshaven on 24 July and was transferred to Danzig on 6 August, where she was decommissioned on 13 August.