Construction
Victoria Louise was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in 1895, under construction number 116. She was launched on 29 March 1897 and was commissioned into the fleet on 20 February 1899. She cost the Imperial government 10,714,000 gold marks. Construction of Hertha began in 1895 at the AG Vulcan dockyard in Stettin, under construction number 233. She was launched on 14 April 1897 and was commissioned on 23 July 1898, the first ship of the class to enter service. Her construction cost 9,932,000 marks. The keel-laying of Freya followed in 1895 at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig. She was launched on 27 April 1897 and was commissioned on 20 October 1898, at the cost of 11,094,000 marks.
Vineta was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1896. She was launched on 9 December 1897 and was commissioned into the fleet on 13 September 1899. She cost 10,714,000 marks. Hansa, the last ship of the class, was laid down in 1896 at AG Vulcan under construction number 235. She was launched on 12 March 1898 and was commissioned on 20 April 1899, at the cost of 10,270,000 marks. Victoria Louise and Hansa were rebuilt at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel in 1906–1908 and 1907–1909, respectively. The other three ships were modernized at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig: Hertha in 1906–1908, Freya in 1905–1907, and Vineta in 1909–1911. Freya was again modified at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1911–1913, and Hansa was rebuilt in 1915 at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel.
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