 Frauenlob was recommissioned into the fleet on 2 August 1914 , as a result of the outbreak of World War I. On 28 August 1914 , Frauenlob saw her first action in the Battle of Heligoland Bight . The British Harwich Force , composed of two light cruisers and 33 destroyers under Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt , raided the German picket line in the Heligoland Bight . Frauenlob was stationed to the southwest of the island of Heligoland in support of the picket line . At about 09 : 00 , Frauenlob and the light cruiser Stettin were sent out to reinforce the beleaguered German patrols . 
