 Blücher was built at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel between 1907 and 1909 , and commissioned on 1 October 1909 . The ship served in the I Scouting Group for most of her career , including the early portion of World War I. She took part in the operation to bombard Yarmouth and the raid on Scarborough , Hartlepool and Whitby in 1914 . 
