| 1899: |
Hansa
is transferred to Kiel for final consturction. |
| 20.04.1899: |
Commissioned. |
| 06.06.1899: |
During trials, the ship runs aground in heavy fog. With only minor damages, the ship is returned to Kiel by the coast defence ships Aegir
and Odin
. |
| 16.08.1899: |
Send to South-East Asia. |
| 31.08-04.09.1899: |
Visit to Haifa. |
| 29.09-07.10.1899: |
Arrival in Colombo. Due to several engine breakdowns and exhaustion of the engine crew, the ship must do a stop. |
| 13.10.1899: |
Arrival in Singapore. |
| 17.10.1899: |
After a boiler explosion, the ship has to return to Singapore. |
| 20.02.1900: |
Hansa
leaves Singapore heading for Tsingtau. |
| 15.03.1900: |
Arrival in Tsingtau. |
| 07.06.1900: |
Because of the Boxer upspring, Hansa
sails to the Taku river. |
| 17.06.1900: |
Landing troops from the Hansa join the forces to attack the Taku fort. |
| August 1900: |
Operations against costal forts. |
| October 1900: |
Visit to Nagasaki. |
| 30.12.1900-05.03.1901: |
Repairs in Hong Kong. |
| 31.03.1901: |
Sent to Australia to represent Germany during celebrations of the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 01.05.1901: |
Arrival in Melburne. |
| 18.05.1901: |
Visit to Sydney. |
| 19.06.1901: |
Return to Tsingtau. |
| Nov 1902: |
Visit to Nanking. |
| Apr 1903: |
Participation in the fleet parade at Kobe. |
| 27.12.1903-Jan 1904: |
Repairs in Uraga. |
| 1904: |
During the Russian-Japanese war, the Hansa
tranports Germans from Seoul, Port Arthur and Dalny to Tsingtau. |
| 20.05.1906: |
Hansa
tows the NDL steamer Roon
to Nagasaki, which has run agaround at Kotushima. |
| 04.07.1906: |
Ordered back to Germany. |
| 26.10.1906: |
Decommissioned in Danzig. |
| Apr 1907 - Mar 1909: |
Reconstruction, one funnel removed, armamet modified. |
| 01.04.1909: |
Recommissioned as cadet training ship. |
| 23.08.1909-15.03.1910: |
Training voyage to the Mediterranian. |
| 23.08.1910-14.03.1911: |
Training voyage to the Careebian Sea and east coast of the USA. |
| 26.08.1911-07.03.1912: |
Training voyage to the USA. |
| 03-15.07.1912: |
Visit to St. Petersburg. |
| 30.08.1912-11.03.1913: |
Training voyage to the Careebian Sea and east coast of the USA. |
| 11.08.1913-17.03.1914: |
Training voyage to the Mediterranian. |
| 12.08.1914: |
Attached to the 5th Reconaisacne group. |
| 27.08-21.10.1914: |
Patrol duties in the Baltic Sea. |
| 22-28.10.1914: |
Repairs in Danzig. |
| 16.11.1914: |
Decommissioned in Kiel because of lack of personal and only small military value of the ship. |
| 1915-1919: |
Used as floating barrack for torpedo boat crews. |
| 06.12.1919: |
Stricken from list of warships. |
| 1920: |
Scrapped in Audorf. |
