| 01.10.1928: |
Iltis
is commissioned and attached to the 3rd Torpedo-Flotilla. |
| -20.12.1928: |
Training and trials. |
| 02.04-18.06.1930: |
Participation in fleet voyage to the Mediterranian. |
| 15.06-03.07.1931: |
Summer voyage to Norway. |
| 06.02.1932: |
Decommissioned. |
| 01.10.1932: |
Recommissioned. |
| Jul-Aug 1933: |
Voyage to Helsinki and Riga. |
| Sep 1936: |
Iltis
and Tiger
are send to Spain to replace the torpedo boats Kondor
and Möwe
|
| Oct 1936: |
Sent back to Germany |
| Nov 1936: |
Again sent to Spain. |
| Dec 1936: |
Returned to Germany. |
| 03.06.1937: |
Next operation in Spain. |
| Jul 1937: |
Returned to Germany. |
| 17.07.1937: |
Decommissioned. |
| 05.01.1938: |
Recommissioned. |
| 01.02.1938: |
Iltis
, Tiger
and Wolf
form the 3rd T-Flotilla |
| Mar-Jul 1938: |
3rd T-Flotilla is sent to Spain. After its return the flotilla is renamed to 6th T-Flotilla. |
| 13.11.1939: |
Together with the light cruisers Nürnberg
and Köln
and the torpedo boats Leopard
, Seeadler
and Wolf,
the Iltis
escorts the returning destroyers Karl Galster
, Herman Künne
, Hans Lüdemann
and Wilhelm Heidkamp
after a mine laying operation against the Themse estuary. |
| 18.11.1939: |
Together with the light cruisers Nürnberg
and Leipzig
and the torpedo boats Seeadler
and Leopard,
the Iltis
escorts the returning destroyers Bernd von Arnim
, Herman Künne
and Wilhelm Heidkamp
after a mine laying operation against the Themse estuary. |
| 19.11.1939: |
Together with the light cruiser Nürnberg
and the torpedo boats Seeadler, Wolf
and Leopard,
the Iltis
escorts the returning destroyers Erich Steinbrinck
, Hans Lody
and Friedrich Eckold
after a mine laying operation against the Humber estuary. |
| 21-22.11.1939: |
Merchant warfare near Jutland together with Panzerschiff Lützow
, the cruisers Köln
and Leipzig
and the torpedo boats Leopard
and Seeadler
.
|
| 24-25.11.1939: |
Merchant warfare near Jutland together with Panzerschiff Lützow
, the cruisers Köln
and Leipzig
and the torpedo boats Leopard, Wolf
and Seeadler
.
|
| 31.01.1940: |
Iltis
rams and sinks U-boat U15
at the Hoofden. |
| 17-20.07.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats T5
, T8
, Greif
and Jaguar
, the Iltis
scorts the mine layers Cobra
, Hansestadt Danzig
, Kaiser
Königin Louise
, Preussen
and Roland
while laying the mine field Sperre 19 in the North Sea. The mine layers carry over 1560 mines. |
| 23-25.07.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats Greif
, T5, Luchs
and Jaguar
, the Iltis
escorts the mine layers Cobra
, Hansestadt Danzig
, Kaiser
Königin Louise
, Preussen
and Roland
while laying the mine field NW2 in the North Sea. |
| 25-28.07.1940: |
Transfer of the damaged Gneisenau
back to Germany, the battleship is escorted by light cruiser Nürnberg
and the destroyers Hans Lody
, Paul Jakobi
, Friedrich Ihn
and Karl Galster,
the torpedo boats Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, Luchs
and T5
. |
| 14-15.08.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi
and Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, T5
and T7
, the Iltis
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tanneberg
while laying the mine field SW2. The mine layers carry 600 mines. |
| 31.08.-02.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW3. Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Karl Galster
and Erich Steinbrinck
and the torpedo boats Greif
, Jaguar
, T5
, T6
, T7
and T8
the Iltis
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. |
| 06-07.09.1940: |
The destroyer Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Ilits
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, T1
, T2
and T3
excecute a mine laying operation in the south western North Sea. |
| 07-08.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW0: The destroyer Karl Galster
and the torpedo boat Kondor
cover the mine laying operation of the mine layers Kaiser
, Togo
and the torpedo boats Greif
, Falke
and Iltis
. The mine layers carry 405 mines while the torpedo boats about 1000 explosive buoys. |
| 12-14.09.1940: |
Seeadler
, Iltis
, T1
, T2
and T3
escort the mine layers Brummer
, Skagerak
and Stralsund
to Le Havre.
|
| 26.09.1940: |
During an air attack in Le Havre, the Iltis
is hit by a bomb. 6 crew memebers were killed, 7 injured. |
| 29-30.10.1940: |
Mine laying operation of Iltis
and Jaguar
near Dover. |
| 02.03.12.1940: |
Another mine laying operation of Iltis
and Jaguar
near Dover. |
| 21-22.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
and Seeadler
cover the mine laying operation for the mine field "SW a WAGNER" in the North Sea.. The mine layers Corba
, Roland
, Kaiser
and Skagerak
carry a total of 982 mines, the torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
400 explosive buoys.
|
| 23-24.01.1941: |
Mine laying operation of the destroyer Richard Beitzen
, the torpedo boats Iltis
and Seeadler
and the mine layers Corba
, Kaiser
and Roland
at the British South East Coast. |
| 28-30.01.1941: |
Transfer of the destroyer Richard Beitzen
and the torpedo boats Iltis
, Kondor
and Seeadler
to Brest. |
| Feb 1941: |
Escort of the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
when leaving Brest for its second Atlantic operation. |
| 25-26.02.1941: |
Mine laying operation of the torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
near Eastburne. |
| 05-06.03.1941: |
Mine laying operation of the torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
near Eastburne. |
| 09-10.03.1941: |
Torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
are transferred to Brest. |
| 11.03.1941: |
Torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
on trials after repairs. |
| 21.03.1941: |
Iltis
and Jaguar
escort the battleship Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
on their return to Brest. |
| 23-27.03.1941: |
Iltis
and Jaguar
are transfered to Stavanger. Near Egersund, the Jaguar
looses its rudder and has to be towed by Iltis
. Iltis
proceeds to Bergen. |
| 30.03-01.04.1941: |
The destroyers Z23
and Z24
and the torpedo boat Iltis
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
on its way back from the North Atlantik to Germany from Norway to Germany. |
| 11.04-22.06.1941: |
Repairs and refits in Schiedam. |
| Jul-Aug 1941: |
Escort operations in Denmark and Norway. |
| 14-17.08.1941: |
Escorted by the torpedo boats Iltis
and Seeadler
, the Richard Beitzen
is sent back to Germany. |
| 25.08.1941-Jan 1942: |
Attached to the 24.U-Flotilla as training ship. |
| 12-13.02.1942: |
Operation "Cerberus": On board of Z29
, the "Füher der Zerstöer" and the destroyers Richard Beitzen
, Paul Jakobi
, Hermann Schoemann
, Friedrich Ihn,
Z25
and the torpedo boats T2
, T4
, T4
, T11
, T12
, T13
, T15
, T16
, T17
Seeadler
, Kondor
, Jaguar
, Falke
and iescort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
through the Channel from Brest ot Germany. |
| 13-17.03.1942: |
Falke
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, Seeadler
and several mine hunters escort the voyage of the auxiliary cruiser Michel
thourh the Channel to La Pallice. The ships are attacked by the British destroyers Windsor
and Walpole
, the escort vessel Ferne
and several MTB/MGB. |
| 28.03.1942: |
Operation of the torpedo boats Falke
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, Kondor
and Seeadler
against British small attack boats. Two of them (MGB 314
and MTB 74
) are sunk or captured. |
| 08-12.05.1942: |
The 5th T-flotilla consisting of Falke
, Iltis
, Kondor
and Seeadler
sail from Brest to the Hoek van Holland to escort the auxiliary cruiser Stier
. |
| 12-13.05.1942: |
On its way through the channel, the auxiliay cruiser Stier
, covered by Falke
, Iltis
, Kondor
and Seeadler
, the ships are attacked by British forces. Near Cape Griz Niez, Seeadler
sinks the British MTB 200. |
| 13.05.1942: |
At 04:04, the Iltis
is hit by a torpedo of a British MTB near Boulogne. The ship breaks into two parts and sinks within minutes. 33 crew members can be rescured, 115 go down with their ship. |
