 Frauenlob was ordered under the contract name " G " and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in 1901 and launched on 22 March 1902 , after which fitting @-@ out work commenced . She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 17 February 1903 . She was named for the schooner Frauenlob , launched in 1853 , that had been paid for in part by the donations of women from the German lands ; the name means " praise women . " After her commissioning , Frauenlob was assigned to the fleet reconnaissance forces , where she served for the duration of her career . In 1905 , she was assigned to the Cruiser Division , alongside her sister Arcona and the cruisers Hamburg and Friedrich Carl . 
