 SMS Freya was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class , built for the German Imperial Navy ( Kaiserliche Marine ) in the 1890s , along with her sister ships Victoria Louise , Hertha , Vineta , and Hansa . Freya was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1895 , launched in April 1897 , and commissioned into the Navy in May 1899 .
 nobody had any idea of the great disasters that would befall her, or her sisters, during the next decade.
Freya was a protected cruiser , built for the German Imperial Navy in the 1890s. She was laid down