liche ▁Marine ▁( Im per ial ▁Navy ). ▁The ▁new ▁cor v ette ▁was ▁launched ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁August ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁and ▁Hamburg ' s ▁mayor , ▁Gustav ▁Heinrich ▁Kirchen p auer , ▁gave ▁the ▁launch ing ▁speech . ▁At ▁her ▁launch ing , ▁she ▁was ▁christ ened ▁Marie , ▁for ▁Princess ▁Marie ▁of ▁Schwar zburg - R ud ol stadt . ▁F itting - out ▁work ▁then ▁comm enced , ▁and ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁September ▁she ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁Wilhelm sh aven , ▁where ▁her ▁guns ▁were ▁installed . ▁Marie ▁began ▁sea ▁tri als ▁in ▁late ▁October , ▁though ▁she ▁was ▁not ▁formally ▁commission ed . ▁The ▁ship ▁was ▁commission ed ▁on ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁for ▁a ▁deployment ▁to ▁South ▁American ▁waters . ▁ ▁First ▁over se as ▁deployment ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁May , ▁Marie ▁left ▁Wilhelm sh aven , ▁bound ▁for ▁South ▁America , ▁where ▁she ▁replaced ▁the ▁cor v ette ▁. ▁In ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro , ▁Brazil ▁Marie ▁met ▁the ▁gun bo at ▁ ▁on ▁ 9 ▁July . ▁Marie ▁then ▁continued ▁on ▁to ▁P unta ▁Ar enas , ▁Chile , ▁where ▁she ▁rende z vous ed ▁with ▁Mol t ke ▁on ▁ 2 ▁August . ▁She ▁proceeded ▁to ▁South ▁Georgia ▁Island , ▁but ▁ran ▁into ▁heavy ▁weather ▁while ▁en ▁route . ▁She ▁lost ▁two ▁of ▁her ▁boats ▁and ▁was ▁dam aged ▁in ▁the ▁storm , ▁forcing ▁her ▁to ▁put ▁into ▁Port ▁Stanley ▁in ▁the ▁F alk