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Amazone

Kleiner Kreuzer 1901 - 1954  Gazelle  Class

   Ship Info   History   Operational History   Technical Data 
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.

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