15.11.1901: |
Commissioned after three shipyard trial voyages. |
21.12.1901: |
Attached to the reconnaissance forces. |
March 1902: |
Training in the Baltic Sea, followed by a voyage around the British Islands. |
24.05.1902: |
Rammed by the Linienschiff Kaiser Wilhlem II
, damaging the ships hull. |
27.05 - July 1902: |
Repairs in Kiel. |
Aug - Sep 1902: |
Autumn maneuvers in the North Sea. |
December 1902: |
Winter voyage to Norway. |
Spring 1903: |
Spring voyage to Spain. |
02.06.1903: |
Being dispatched to Brest to deliver mail from the training squadron, Amazone
runs aground but is not damaged. |
04-30.07.1903: |
Training in the North Sea. |
5.8-12.09.1903: |
Participation in the autumn maneuvers. |
23.11-05.12.1903: |
Winter voyage together with the battle fleet. |
23.7-12.08.1904: |
As part of the reconnaissance forces, Amazone sails to England and the Netherlands. Returning to Kiel, the cruiser rams the Russian sailing ship Anna
. |
29.08-15.09.1904: |
Participation in the autumn maneuvers. |
28.09.1905: |
After another year of normal training operation, Amazone
is decommissioned and put into reserve status. |
02.08.1914: |
Recommissioned at the outbreak of World War I, used as for coastal defence in the Baltic Sea. |
06-08.08.1914: |
Together with other small cruisers, Amazone
operates off the Russian coast. During this operation, the Airship M IV lands at the stern of the cruiser. |
26.08.1914: |
Rescue operation for the beached cruiser Magdeburg
, several wounded crew members could be rescued. |
-December 1914: |
Several reconnaissance operations in the Baltic Sea, including to the Aaland Islands. |
March 1916: |
Used as a target ship for the U-Boat school. |
14.03.1917: |
Decommissioned. |
01.12.1923: |
Recommissioned as a training ship. |
- 1930: |
Voyages to several locations like Bodö (1924), Rotterdam (1925), Mediterranean Sea (1926), Atlantic (1927), Norway (1928). |
15.01.1930: |
Decommissioned. |
- 1945: |
Used as a floating barrack in Kiel and Bremen. |
- 1951: |
Used as a floating barrack for refugees from the eastern part of Germany. |
1954: |
Scrapped in Hamburg. |