"Marie" visited ports along the western coast of South America, as she had in 1884, and she remained in the area until January 1894. The outbreak of the "Revolta da Armada" (Revolt of the Fleet) in Brazil prompted the navy to send "Marie" there to protect German interests, and she joined her sisters and there. "Marie" stopped in Puerto Montt, Chile, from 25 January to 8 February, before proceeding around Cape Horn and north to Brazil. She met "Arcona" on 24 February, and the three corvettes remained off Brazil until April, when the ships were sent to East Asia in response to growing tensions between China and Japan over Korea. On 8 May, "Marie" left Rio de Janeiro, but she had to stop again in Port Montt in June due to engine troubles, which delayed her rejoining the other two corvettes in Callao on 12 July. The three ships remained there until 15 August, by which time the First Sino-Japanese War had broken out. The ships then crossed the Pacific and reached Yokohama, Japan, in late September. "Marie" proceeded independently to Taku and then visited other ports in the Yellow Sea.