| 19.05.1904: |
Bremen
is commissioned. |
| -15.07.1904: |
Test and trials. |
| 27.08.1904: |
Sent to South America. |
| 25.09.1904: |
Arrived at Rio de Janeiro. |
| - April 1905: |
Bremen
operates off the South American coast. |
| 19.04.-23.05.1905: |
Repairs in Newport News, USA. |
| -March 1906: |
Bremen
operates off the South American coast and the Caribbean Sea. |
| 23.03 - 14.05.1906: |
Repairs in Newport News, USA. |
| 16.12.1906: |
Rescue operation for the beached passenger ship Prinzessin Victoria Loise
, Bremen
takes over passengers and unsuccessfully tries to rescue the ship. |
| -March 1907: |
Bremen
operates off the South American coast. |
| 02.03-14.04.1907: |
Repairs in Newport News, USA. |
| -Summer 1907: |
Visits to several ports in the USA. |
| 16.03.1908: |
Sent to Haiti to assist european citizens in the revolutions on Haiti. |
| -June 1908: |
Visits to Philadelphia and New York. |
| 06.04.-15.05.1909: |
Repairs in Newport News, USA, followed by visits to several ports in the USA. |
| 14.10.1909: |
Arrived at Buenos Aires. |
| -October 1910: |
Visits to several ports in South America. |
| October 1910: |
Sent to Honduras to assist european citizens in the revolutions in Honduras. |
| December 1910: |
Visit to Costa Rica. |
| 19.03.1911: |
Bremen meets the battlecruiser Von der Tann
at Rio de Janeiro. |
| 05.-22.05.1911: |
Repairs in Newport News, USA. |
| July - August 1911: |
Sent to Haiti to assist european citizens in the revolutions on Haiti. |
| 26.09-24.11.1911: |
Repairs in Newport News, USA. |
| 03.-13.06.1912: |
Together with the battlecruiser Moltke
and the small cruiser Stettin
, the Bremen
visits the USA. |
| 20.12.1912: |
Ordered to West Africa to assist German gunboats there. |
| 25.12.1912: |
Arrived at Monrovia. |
| 12.01.1913: |
Bremen
returns to South America. |
| June 1913: |
Ordered back to Germany. |
| 24.09.1913: |
Return order to Germany canceled, because the replacement cruiser was not available yet. |
| -January 1914: |
Bremen
operates off the Mexican coast to protect european citizens. |
| 21.01.1914: |
Ordered back to Germany. |
| 15.03.1914: |
Arrived in Bremen after 9,5 years in overseas service. |
| 27.03.1914: |
Decommissioned in Wilhelmshaven. |
| -May 1915: |
Bremen
is rebuild, four 10,5 cm guns are replaced with two 15 cm ones. Funnels and masts are modified. |
| 27.05.1915: |
Commissioned, followed by trials in the Baltic Sea. |
| 08.07.1915: |
Attached to the Baltic Sea reconnaissance forces. |
| July - September 1915: |
Several operations in the Baltic Sea, including coastal bombardments. |
| 17.12.1915: |
While trying to rescue the crew of the Torpedo boat V191
which run on a mine, the Bremen
is hit by two mines itself. Sunk in a short time, causing about 300 causalities. |
