She was badly damaged and immobilized during the battle and became the center of a melee as both sides fought over the crippled ship.

Frankfurt was only lightly damaged at Jutland and saw extensive service with the II Scouting Group, including during Operation Albion against the Russians in the Baltic and at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, both in 1917.

She was interned with the rest of the fleet at the end of the war and scuttled at Scapa Flow, though British sailors prevented her from sinking.

The hull were built with longitudinal steel frames and contained seventeen watertight compartments and a double bottom that extended for forty-seven percent of the length of the keel.

They carried a number of smaller craft, including one picket boat, one barge, one cutter, two yawls, and two dinghies.

[1] Their propulsion systems consisted of two sets of Marine steam turbines driving two 3.5-meter (11 ft) screw propellers.

[1] The ships of the Wiesbaden class were armed with a main battery of eight 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns in single pedestal mounts.

[1] Wiesbaden' was ordered under the contract name "Ersatz Gefion" and was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin in 1913 and launched on 20 January 1915, after which fitting-out work commenced.

Immobilized between the two battle fleets, Wiesbaden became the center of a hard-fought action that saw the destruction of two British armored cruisers.

[5][6] Frankfurt was ordered under the contract name "Ersatz Hela" and was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel in 1913 and launched on 20 March 1915.

She served primarily in the North Sea, and participated in the Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft and the battles of Jutland and Second Heligoland.