1903 Almanya Savaş Gemisi Konulu Kartpostal

11. 08. 1903 tarihli İstanbul-Constantinopel alman postaları şubesi damgası, Almanya başkonsolosluğuna gönderilmiş
s. M. Kl. Kreuzer frauenlob savaş gemisi

Frauenlob was built at A.G. Weser in , launched on 22 March 1902 and completed on 17 February 1903. She had a length of 104 m, a beam of 12.3 m and a draught of 5 m, displacing 2,700 tons. The cruiser was armed with ten 10.5 cm rapid fire guns, 14 × 37 mm machine guns and two 45 cm torpedo tubes. Top speed was 21.5 knots.

 History

On 28 August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of , Frauenlob saw her first action in the , when the British Harwich forces with two light cruisers and 33 destroyers under raided deep into Bight. At about 8:00 am Frauenlob and the light cruiser spotted the British force and opened fire on Tyrwhitt’s flagship , rendering her severely damaged and unable to continue the battle. When Arethusa turned away, the German cruisers did not pursue her, which saved them from running into Vice Admiral battlecruisers that were bearing down upon the battle site and soon afterwards sank the German light cruisers , and and the torpedoboat V 187.