 On 6 March 1878, she began her return voyage from Bermuda for Portsmouth.After a very fast passage across the Atlantic, on 24 March 1878, "Eurydice" was caught in a heavy snow storm off the Isle of Wight, capsized and sank.Only two of the ship's 319 crew and trainees survived; most of those who were not carried down with the ship died of exposure in the freezing waters.