| | 28.03.1918: | Dresden II
 is commissioned as the last major warship of the Hochseeflotte. |  | - August 1918: | Trials and training. After that, the ship is attached to the 2nd reconnaissance group. |  | August 1918: | While covering a mine operation in the North Sea, the ship is hit by a torpedo and has to return to Germany. |  | 13.12.1918: | Sent to Scapa Flow. |  | 21.06.1919: | Scuttled at Scapa Flow. | 
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