 She was also equipped with three torpedo tubes with eight torpedoes, two launchers were mounted on the broadside and the third was in the bow, all below the waterline.In 1916, all of the ships of the class were disarmed, with the exception of "Freya", which was re-equipped with a single 15 cm gun, four 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns, and fourteen 8.8 cm guns of both the L/30 and L/35 versions, for use as a gunnery training ship.The ship was protected with Krupp armor; their deck was on the horizontal with sloped sides that were thick.