| 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. |