| January 1933 |
First trials. |
| 01.04.1933 |
Commissioned, trials and training until the end of 1933. |
| 09-23.06.1934 |
Battle and artillery drills in the North Atlantic, together with CL Köln.
|
| 13.12.1934-21.02.1935 |
Repairs and refits in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 14.03.1935-19.04.1935 |
Engine endurance tests on a voyage to South America, the Deutschland sails 12286 sm in 32 days without any problem. |
| Summer 1935 |
Installation of a catapult and float plane. |
| 19.10.1935-09.11.1935 |
Atlantic operations together with Admiral Scheer
. Both ships meet CL Emden
. |
| -Spring 1936 |
Repairs and refits in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 06-17.06.1936 |
The Deutschland
sails around Great Britain, followed by a visit of Copenhagen and battle training in North and Baltic Sea. |
| 24.07-31.08.1936 |
Together with Admiral Scheer
first operation in Spanish waters. |
| 01.10-21.11.1936 |
Second Spain operation. |
| 31.01-24.03.1937 |
Third Spain operation. |
| 24.03-10.05.1937 |
Modifications during refits. |
| May 1937 |
Forth Spain operation. Joint operations with Italian, British and American ships off the Spanish coast. |
| 29.05.1937 |
While anchoring at Ibiza, the Deutschland
is attacked by Spanish Republican aircraft, causing damages and several casualties. |
| 30.05-12.06.1937 |
Send to Gibraltar, the death sailors are buried by the British military, but later transferred to Germany. |
| -July 1937 |
Repairs and training. |
| 05.10.1937-11.02.1938 |
Fifth Spain operation. |
| 24.07.1938-15.08.1938 |
Sixth Spain operation. |
| 20.09.1938-20.10.1938 |
Battle training in the North Atlantic. Tests of the new Radar (Funkmess) equipment and joint training with U-boats. |
| 06-26.02.1939 |
Seventh Spain operation and battle training in the North Atlantic. |
| 17.04-16.05.1939 |
Battle training in the North Atlantic together with resupply ships. |
| August 1939 |
Deutschland
leaves Wilhelmshaven for the North Atlantic, multiple resupplies from the tanker Westerwald
.
|
| 27.09.1939 |
New orders allowed commerce war. |
| October 1939 |
Deutschland sinks three merchants. |
| 16.11.1939 |
Returned to Gotenhafen (Gdynia). |
| 15.12.1939 |
Returns to Wilhelmshaven, renamed to Lützow
. |
| 15.02.1940 |
Reclassified as heavy cruiser. |
| 07.04.1940 |
Operation "Weserübung":
Lützow
joins 5th Squadron after passing the Kiel Canal. |
| 08.04.1940 |
Sails through the Great Belt. |
| 09.04.1940 |
Reaches Oslo Fjord. In the battle of the Droebak Narrows, the Lützow
was hit three times. After the destruction of the CA Blücher
, Lützow
takes command of the 5th Squadron. |
| 10.04.1940 |
Enters Oslo. Later this day, the Lützow
head for Horten for repairs but is then ordered back to Kiel without any escorts. |
| 11.04.1940 |
Hit by a torpedo of the British submarine Spearfish
, both props and the rudder are lost. The crippled ship is towed back to Kiel by the 17th Anti-Submarine and 19th Minesweeper Flotillas. |
| 13.04.1940 |
Arrived in Kiel. |
| April 1940-Spring 1941 |
Repairs in Kiel. |
| 12.06.1941 |
Sailed to Drontheim Fjord for torpedo practice. |
| 12.06.1941 |
Hit by the torpedo of a single British torpedo bomber in the Eger Sound. The planed Atlantic mission has to be canceled. Lützow
again goes into the dock. |
January 1942
|
Training in the Baltic Sea. |
May 1942
|
Transferred to Norway, first to the Lo Fjord (Drontheim Fjord) then to the Bow Bight (Narvik). |
June 1942
|
During a raid on a British convoy (together with the Tirpitz
and other vessels), Lützow
hit a sand bank near Storboenfeuer (Tjeld Sound) and is moved to Lo Fjord again. |
| 08-10.07.1942: |
Covered by the destroyers Friedrich Ihn
and Z24
and the torpedo boats T7
and T15
the heavy cruiser Lützow
transfers to Trondheim. |
| 06-11.08.1942: |
T7,
T9
, T10
, T12
and T15
escort the heavy cruiser Lützow
on its way back to Germany. |
August 1942
|
Returns to Kiel for repairs. |
December 1942
|
Training in the Baltic Sea, after that the Lützow
moves to Bow Bay and Kaa Fjord (Alta Fjord). |
30.12.1942
|
"Operation Regenbogen":
Together with CA Admiral Hipper
and the destroyers Richard Beitzen
, Theodor Riedel
, Friedrich Eckoldt
, Z24
, Z30
and Z31
the Lützow
attacks the British convoy JW 51B escorts east of Bear Island. The squadron disengaged after Admiral Hipper
is damaged by British cruisers Jamaica
and Sheffield
and DD Friedrich Eckoldt
is sunk. |
25.09.1943
|
Returns to Germany. |
01.10.1943
|
Transferred to Libau via Gotenhafen (Gdynia). |
February 1944
|
Used for cadet training. |
24.06-08.07.1944
|
Operation "Unternehmen Tanne West":
Escorted by the torpedo boats T3
, T4
and T14
, the Lützow
covers ore transports from Sweden. |
17.07.1944
|
In order to cover evacuation of German citizens from Riga, the Lützow
and the torpedo boats T1
, T4
, T9
and T12
are send to Riga. Because of fuel shortages, the ships are ordered to enter the port of Libau to support the flak cover. |
28.08.1944
|
The Lützow
is send to Gotenhafen (Gdynia) to get additional antiaircraft guns. |
September 1944
|
Together with the CA Prinz Eugen
, the destroyers Z35
and Z36
and the torpedo boats T1
and T8,
the Lützow
sails to Aaland Island to escort transports with German soldiers on board. |
11-12.11.1944
|
Lützow
, CA Prinz Eugen
, the destroyers Z25
, Z35
and Z36
and torpedo boats T13
, T16
and T20
support the German army at Memel and Sworbe. |
22.11.1944
|
Escorted by the destroyers Z28
and Z35
and the torpedo boats T13
, T20
and T21
, the Lützow
supports the retreating German army with short bombardments at the Memel coast. |
Dec. 1944-March 1945
|
Further army support at Memel, Elbing and Danzig. |
April 1945
|
Returns to Swinemünde. |
16.04.1945
|
After several bomb hits, the Lützow
sinks on her keel at the Mellin entrance at Swinemünde. The stern 28cm turret and several secondary and Flak guns are still working. |
28.04.1945
|
Fires at Russian positions at Diefenov with 28cm guns. |
04.05.1945
|
Large fire, the ship is scuttled. |
Spring 1946
|
The Lützow
is salvaged in Swinemünde by Russian troops. |
26.11.1946
|
Lützow
enters the Soviet fleet records. |
July 1947
|
The ship is ordered to be a experimental vessel for the weapons tests which started 20.07.1947 (like Graf Zeppelin
some weeks later). Two days later Lützow
is sunk. |
