| 16.06.1911: |
Commissioned. |
| 05.09.1911: |
Participation in fleet parade. |
| 10.10.1911: |
Attached to the reconnaissance forces. |
| 1912: |
Cöln
takes part in all exercises and voyages of the Hochseeflotte. |
| 09.09.1913: |
Torpedo exercises in Norwegian waters. |
| 30.07.1914: |
During the autumn fleet maneuver, Cöln
tries to warn the first German naval airship about bad weather. Communications fail and the airship got lost. |
| 12.08.1914: |
Coastal defence in the German Beight. |
| 15.08.1914: |
Fleet operation with torpedoboats and the small cruiser Hamburg
. |
| 28.08.1914: |
Another fleet operation with torpedoboats in the North Sea. |
| 03.09.1914: |
Battle of Helgoland:
Together with the small cruiser Mainz
, the Cöln
tries to intercept British ships near Helgoland. Both ships engage the British cruiser Arethusa
and 6 destroyers, when six British battlecruisers came into sight and attacked the German ships. Cöln
was destroyed by gunfire and sunk at 14:35, only one crew member survived. |
