| 13.09.1899: |
Vineta is commissioned. |
| - 24.03.1900: |
Training and trials. |
| 26.05.1900: |
Sent to the West Indies and South America, Vineta
leaves Kiel. |
| 14.06.1900: |
Arrival in the Caribbean Sea. |
| Jan - Feb 1901: |
Visit to New Orleans and Mexico. |
| - Nov 1901: |
Operation in South America. |
| 26.11 - 17.12.1901: |
Repairs at Newport News. |
| -May 1902: |
Operation in South America. |
| 19.05 - 25.09.1902: |
Repairs at Newport News. |
| Sep 1902 - Feb 1903: |
The Vineta
joins a multi national blockade force during the crisis in Venezuela. |
| 27.06 - 02.09.1903: |
Repairs in Halifax. |
| Dec 1903 - Jan 1904: |
Operation in the West Indies. |
| 20.05 - 11.07. 1904: |
Visit to Newport News. |
| - Oct 1904: |
Voyage along the South American east coast. |
| Oct 1904 - Jan 1905: |
Sent to South -West Africa to support German troops during the Herero-Rebellion. The crew of the Vineta
was not actively used in the fightings. |
| 14.03.1905: |
Arrival in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 30.03.1905: |
Assigned to the torpedo inspection and rebuild as torpedo experimental ship. |
| 03.03.1906: |
Used as torpedo experimental ship. |
| 21.03 - 05.04.1907: |
Experiments with wireless telegraphy during a visit to Vigo. |
| 25.08 - 07.09.1907: |
Participation in autumn fleet maneuvers. |
| 1909-1911: |
Reconstruction at Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. |
| 29.03.1911: |
Reclassified as training ship. |
| 07.06.-25.07.1911: |
Voyage to Norway. |
| 04.08.-09.03.1912: |
Voyage to the West Indies. |
| Jul 1913: |
Voyage to Sweden and the Baltic Sea. |
| 06.08.1912-05.03.1913: |
Voyage to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| 11.08.1913-16.03.1914: |
Voyage to South America and the West Indies. |
| Summer 1914: |
Voyage to Sweden. |
| 27.08.1914: |
Reassigned to fleet services for coastal defense in the Baltic Sea. |
| Nov 1914: |
Decommissioned because of bad general condition, used as a floating barrack for U-boat crews in Kiel. |
| 06.12.1919: |
Stricken from fleet list. |
| 1920: |
Scrapped in Hamburg. |
