| May 1910: |
Training and trials with shipyard crew. |
| 01.09.1910: |
Von der Tann
is commissioned. |
| 20.02-06.05.1911: |
Voyage to South America, including a visit to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. |
| 08.05.1911: |
Attached to the 1st Reconnaissance Group. |
| 20-29.06.1911: |
Participation at the fleet parade in Spithead. |
| 28.09.1911: |
Von der Tann
is assigned as flagship of the reconnaissance forces. |
| 23.06.1912: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven. |
| Aug 1914: |
Part of the 1st Reconnaissance Group (1. Aufklärungsgeschwader) at the outbreak of the war. |
| 31.07.1914: |
Raid into the North Sea. |
| 28.08.1914: |
Unsuccessful search for British battlecruisers in the German Beight after the Battle at Helgoland. |
| 02-03.11.1914: |
Operation J1: Coastal bombardment of Yarmouth. |
| 15-16.12.1914: |
Operation J2: Coastal bombardment of Scarborough. |
| Mar - May 1915: |
Operations in the Baltic Sea. |
| 11-12.09.1915: |
Operations in the North Sea. |
| 19-20.101.1915: |
Operations in the North Sea. |
| 05-07.03.1916: |
Operations at the Hoofoten. |
| 24.04.1916: |
Coastal bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft. |
| 31.05.1916: |
Battle of Jutland: Von der Tann
was hit four times but sinks the British BC Indefatigable
. The ship had 35 wounded and 11 crew members were killed. |
| 02.06-29.07.1916: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 18-19.08.1916: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 25-26.09.1916: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 17-20.10.1916: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 13.11-23.12.1916: |
Repairs after turbine damages. |
| 23-24.03.1917: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 31.05-22.06.1917: |
Repairs after turbine damages. |
| 23-25.04.1918: |
Unsuccessful raid in the North Sea. |
| 24.11.1918: |
Interned at Scapa Flow. |
| 21.06.1919: |
Scuttled by own crew. |
| 07.12.1930: |
Wreck raised. |
| -1934: |
Broken down at Rosyth. |
