On this trip, the crew was unable to control the vessel, leaving it adrift and subsequently running aground near Morro de São Paulo.

After this trip, it was permanently anchored in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, serving as a naval school for midshipmen and cabin boys until 1914.

Almirante Tamandaré had the following characteristics: steel construction, a double hull with 119 water tanks lined with 175 millimeters of peroba hardwood.

Originally, the ship was equipped with three galley masts, with a sail area on deck measuring 1,612 square meters.

Still during the construction phase, admiral Tamandaré asked the minister of the navy Eduardo Wandenkolk that the vessel be named Almirante Cochrane, in honor of Thomas Cochrane, a British officer and frigate commander who fought on Brazil's side in the country's war of independence, however the request was not met.

[1][4][5][6][7] Before its incorporation into the Brazilian fleet, Almirante Tamandaré remained anchored in the port of Rio de Janeiro for many years due to a navigability problem that was never resolved.

[1][8] The cruiser's first commander was captain of sea and war Frederico Guilherme Lorena, one of the leaders of the revolt.

[9] It is likely that the vessel was in the fleet that headed to the south of the country, in Desterro (Florianópolis), led by Custódio de Melo, to try to gain support from the federalists, but without success.

[10] During the fighting in Guanabara Bay against the troops of president Floriano Peixoto, the cruiser's artillery proved efficient, according to the crew's report.

Despite the effort to build a large steel ship by its own means, Brazil did not have any experience in this area, resulting in the construction of a warship of low quality.

When it approached Morro de São Paulo, in the state of Bahia, the crew was no longer able to control the vessel, and it became adrift.