us ▁of ▁the ▁East ▁Asia ▁Division , ▁and ▁were ▁task ed ▁with ▁protect ing ▁German ▁national s ▁in ▁China ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁S ino - J apan ese ▁War . ▁Marie ▁was ▁re called ▁to ▁Germany ▁in ▁mid - 1 8 9 5 ▁and ▁stopped ▁in ▁Mor oc co ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁en force ▁a ▁settlement ▁over ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁two ▁German ▁citizens . ▁After ▁reaching ▁Germany ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁she ▁was ▁de comm ission ed . ▁Later ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁reserve ▁training ▁unit , ▁she ▁was ▁never ▁activ ated ▁for ▁the ▁role . ▁Instead , ▁she ▁was ▁eventually ▁str icken ▁from ▁the ▁naval ▁register ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁and ▁sold ▁for ▁sc rap ▁three ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁Design ▁ ▁The ▁six ▁ships ▁of ▁the ▁Car ola ▁class ▁were ▁ordered ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁to ▁supp lement ▁Germany ' s ▁fleet ▁of ▁cru ising ▁war ships , ▁which ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁re lied ▁on ▁several ▁ships ▁that ▁were ▁twenty ▁years ▁old . ▁Marie ▁and ▁her ▁sister ▁ships ▁were ▁intended ▁to ▁pat rol ▁Germany ' s ▁colonial ▁emp ire ▁and ▁saf egu ard ▁German ▁economic ▁interests ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Marie ▁was ▁ ▁long ▁overall , ▁with ▁a ▁beam ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁a ▁draft ▁of ▁ ▁forward . ▁She ▁disp la ced ▁ ▁at ▁full ▁load . ▁The ▁ship ' s ▁crew ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 1 3   o ffic ers ▁and ▁ 2 8 5   en