| 25.10.1902: |
Zähringen
is commissioned. |
| -10.02.1903: |
Training and trials. |
| Feb 1909: |
The ship is used for ice emergency duties in the western Baltic Sea. |
| -1910: |
Used for fleet services. |
| 20.09.1910: |
Decommissioned. The ship is assigned to the Baltic Reserve Division. |
| 09.05.1912: |
Recommissioned, transferred to Kiel. |
| 12.05.1912: |
Decommissioned. |
| 14.08.1912: |
Recommissioned. |
| 04.09.1912: |
During a fleet maneuver, the Zähringen
rams the torpedo boat G171
which sinks after the collision. |
| 28.09.1912: |
Decommissioned. |
| 01.08.1914: |
With the outbreak of World War I, the Zähringen
is recommissioned and attached to the 4th Squadron. |
| 26-31.08.1914: |
Operations in the Baltic Sea to assist the beached cruiser Magdeburg
. |
|
| 03-09.09.1914: |
Operations in the Baltic Sea. |
|
| 22-26.09.1914: |
Operations in the Baltic Sea. |
|
| 05.12.1914-02.04.1915: |
Patrol duty in the North Sea. |
|
| 28.05-04.07.1915: |
Patrol duty in the North Sea. |
|
| 09-11.09.1915: |
Operations near Gotland. |
|
| 21-23.09.1915: |
Operations near Gotland. |
|
| 11.11.1915: |
Sent back to Kiel, used as target ship for the torpedo inspection. |
|
| 22.07-10.09.1918: |
Reconstruction to cadet training ship. Modification stopped at the end of the war. |
|
| 13.12.1918: |
Decommissioned. |
|
| 1926-1928: |
Zähringen
is modified to a radio controlled target ship. All guns are removed and 1700 tons of cork are installed in the ship. After the modification, the ship is only able to reach 13 knots. |
|
| 08.08.1928: |
First usage as a artillery target ship. |
|
| -1944: |
Used as a target ship for other Kriegsmarine ships. |
|
| 18.12.1944: |
Sunk after an air attack on Gotenhafen (Gdynia) in shallow waters. |
|
| 26.03.1945: |
Sunk as a blokade ship at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) harbor entrance. |
|
| 1949-1950: |
Wreck raised and scrapped. |
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