| 10.09.1911: |
Shipyard trials. |
| 30.09.1911: |
Moltke
is commissioned. |
| -01.40.1912: |
Training and trials. |
| 11.05.1912: |
Together with the small cruiser Stettin
, the Moltke
leaves Kiel for a visit to the USA. |
| 03.06.1912: |
Arrival at Hampton Roads. |
| 08-13.06. 1912: |
Visit to New York. |
| 24.06.1912: |
Moltke
returns to Kiel. |
| 04-06.07.1912: |
Escort ot the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern to Baltischport. |
| 09.07.1912: |
Moltke
becomes flagship of the 1st Reconnaissance Group. |
| -Aug 1914: |
Fleet services and exercises.. |
| Aug 1914: |
Part of the 1st Reconnaissance Group (1. Aufklärungsgeschwader) at the outbreak of the war. |
| 28.08.1914: |
Unsuccessful search for British battlecruisers in the German Beight. |
| 03.11.1914: |
Operation J1: Coastal bombardment of Yarmouth. |
| 16.12.1914: |
Operation J2: Coastal bombardment of Hartlepool. |
| 24.01.1915: |
Battle at the Doggerbank against British battlecruisers. |
| 19.08.1915: |
Operations near Riga: Hit by torpedo of British submarine E1
28-30 miles west off Irben Strait. Moltke
sent to Hamburg for repairs with 450ts water in the ship. |
| 05-06.03.1916: |
Operations at the Hoofoten. |
| 24.04.1916: |
Coastal bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft. |
| 31.05.1916: |
Battle of Jutland: Moltke
was hit four times. |
| -29.07.1916: |
Repairs at Blohm & Voß in Hamburg. |
| 19.08.1916: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 17-20.10.1916: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 05.11.1916: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| Sep 1917: |
Operations off the Baltic Islands. |
| 17.11.1917: |
Unsuccessful raid in the Western North Sea. |
| 23.04.1918: |
Unsuccessful raid in the Northern North Sea, heavily damaged near Stavanger. |
| 25.04.1918: |
While being towed by BB Oldenburg
, Moltke
is hit by a torpedo fired by the British submarine E42
, floddings cause 2100 ts water in the ship. |
| 24.11.1918: |
Interned at Scapa Flow. |
| 21.06.1919: |
Scuttled by own crew. |
| 1927: |
Wreck raised. |
| -1929: |
Broken down at Rosyth. |
