| 19.09.1905: |
Hessen
is commissioned. |
| 04.03.1906: |
Attached to the 2nd Battleship Squadron. |
| Jul - Aug 1906: |
Summer voyage to Norway, landing operation drills at Eckernförde. |
| Sep 1906: |
Autumn fleet excercises. |
| Nov 1906: |
Excercises in the North Sea. |
| Jul - Aug 1907: |
Summer voyage to the North and Baltic Sea. |
| Summer 1908: |
Summer voyage to the Canary Islands. |
| Summer 1909: |
Summer voyage to El Ferrol. |
| Summer 1910: |
Summer voyage to Norway. |
| Autumn 1911: |
During the autumn fleet excercises, the Hessen
ramms and sink the Danish steamer Askesund
. |
| Feb 1912: |
Ice emergency services in the Baltic Sea, |
| Summer 1912: |
During the sumer voyage, the Hessen
ramms and sinks the torpedo boat G110
in a simulated torpedo attack. Three crew memebers of the torpedo boat are killed. |
| Summer 1913: |
Summer voyage to Norway. |
| Summer 1914: |
Summer voyage to Norway. |
| 26.10.1914: |
Hessen
runs aground in the Kiel Canal. |
| 15-16.12.1914: |
Operation in the North Sea. |
| 22.02-06.03.1915: |
Repairs in Kiel. |
| 18.03-01.04.1915: |
Training excercises in the Baltic Sea. |
| 17-18.05.1915: |
Operation in the North Sea. |
| 29-30.05.1915: |
Operation in the North Sea. |
| 04-26.06.1915: |
Refits in Kiel, additional oil firing is added to boilders. |
| 11-12.09.1915: |
Operation in the North Sea. |
| 23-24.10.1915: |
Operation in the North Sea. |
| 06-23.12.1915: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 25.12.1915-20.01.1916: |
Training excercises in the Baltic Sea. |
| 22.01-15.03.1916: |
Repairs in Hamburg. |
| -Apr 1916: |
Costal defence duty. |
| 24-25.04.1916: |
Operation in the North Sea. |
| 26.04-01.05.1916: |
Refiets, additional anti-ballon guns are installed. |
| 31.05-01.06.1916: |
Battle of Jutland: Hessen
returns undamaged. |
| 18.11.1916: |
Hessen
assists the König Albert
which has run aground near Krautsand. |
| Dec 1916: |
Used as target ship in the Baltic Sea. |
| 12.12.1916: |
Decommissioned. |
| 05.01.1925: |
Recommissioned. |
| Jun 1925: |
Voyage to Norway. |
| Autumn 1925: |
Autumn fleet excercises. |
| Jan 1926: |
Ice emergency services in the eastern Baltic Sea, voyage to Libau and Riga. |
| 12.05-19.06.1926: |
Voyage to Spain. |
| 28.03-18.06.1927: |
Atlantic voyage to the Carary Islands and Portugal. |
| Jul 1927: |
First visit to Danzig after WW1. |
| Jul 1928: |
Visit to Norway. |
| 18.04-09.05.1929: |
Voyage to Spain. |
| 30.08-05.09.1929: |
Visit to Stockholm. |
| 03.04-16.06.1930: |
Participation in fleet voyate to the Mediterranian. |
| 18-19.04.1931: |
Fleet day in Swinemünde. |
| 15.06-03.07.1931: |
Visit to Norway. |
| 1932: |
Visits to Visby, Oslo and Danzig. |
| 1933: |
Visit to Reval. |
| Jul 1934: |
Visit to Bergen and Sognefjord. |
| 12.11.1934: |
Decommissioned in Wilhlemshaven. |
| 11.04.1935: |
Reconstruction as radio controlled target ship: Two funnels, masts and guns are removed. |
| 01.04.1937: |
Used as target ship. |
| 30.08.1937: |
First operational use as target ship for the light cruiser Leipzig
. |
| 02.01.1946: |
After World War II, the Hessen
is taken over by the Soviet Union. The ship and its control boat Blitz
are renamed to Tsel
and Wystrel
. |
| early 1960s: |
Tsel
is taken out of service and most likly scrapped. |
