▁Marie ▁to ▁Sydney ▁for ▁further ▁rep airs , ▁which ▁last ed ▁from ▁ 6 ▁May ▁to ▁ 2 9 ▁September . ▁After ▁emer ging ▁from ▁the ▁dry ▁dock , ▁she ▁slowly ▁ste amed ▁back ▁to ▁Germany ▁to ▁avoid ▁stress ing ▁the ▁dam aged ▁h ull , ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁Wilhelm sh aven ▁on ▁ 9 ▁February ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁de comm ission ed ▁for ▁extensive ▁rep airs . ▁ ▁Second ▁deployment ▁abroad ▁ ▁After ▁rep airs ▁were ▁completed , ▁Marie ▁remained ▁laid ▁up ▁until ▁late ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁recomm ission ed ▁to ▁rel ieve ▁her ▁sister ▁ship ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁over se as ▁cru iser ▁squad ron . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁n avy ▁had ▁implemented ▁a ▁plan ▁where by ▁Germany ' s ▁colon ies ▁would ▁be ▁protected ▁by ▁gun bo ats , ▁while ▁larger ▁war ships ▁would ▁generally ▁be ▁kept ▁in ▁reserve , ▁with ▁a ▁hand ful ▁assigned ▁to ▁a ▁flying ▁squad ron ▁that ▁could ▁respond ▁to ▁cr ises ▁quickly . ▁Before ▁Marie ▁joined ▁the ▁squad ron , ▁however , ▁she ▁was ▁det ached ▁to ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁South ▁America ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁Chile an ▁Civil ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 1 . ▁She ▁left ▁Wilhelm sh aven ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁December ▁and ▁arrived ▁off ▁Val par ais o ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁March ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁having ▁stopped ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires , ▁Argentina ▁and ▁Monte video ▁on ▁the ▁way ; ▁the ▁war