| 08.03.1904 |
Hamburg
is commissioned. |
| 07.07.-09.08.1904 |
Used as an escort vessel to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
. |
| 28.09.1904 |
Fleet service as part of the reconnaissance forces. |
| Autumn 1904 |
Participation in the fleet winter exercises in the Baltic Sea. |
| March 1905 |
Used as an escort vessel to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
to Helgoland. |
| September 1905 |
Speed comparisons between the Hamburg
and its turbine powered sister ship Lübeck
. |
| October 1905 |
Used as an escort vessel to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
to Pillau and Glücksburg. |
| February 1908 |
The cruiser takes part in the Atlantic voyage of the reconnaissance forces. |
| 06.03-19.05.1908 |
Used as an escort vessel to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
to the Mediterranean. |
| Spring 1909 |
The cruiser takes part in the Atlantic voyage of the reconnaissance forces. |
| 24.03-16.04.1909 |
Used as an escort vessel to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
to the Mediterranean. |
| 21.04-17.05.1909 |
Because of riots in Turkey, the Hamburg
is send to Mersina. |
| 28.05.1909 |
The cruiser returns to Kiel. |
| -20.06.1909 |
Together with the Armored Cruiser Gneisenau
, the Hamburg
escorts the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
to Finland. |
| 18.07-03.08.1909 |
Used as an escort vessel to the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
to the Scandinavia. |
| 15.09.1909 |
Decommissioned and put into the fleet reserve. |
| 02.07.1912 |
Commissioned and used as command ship of the U-Boat fleet. |
| - August 1914 |
Training and exercises with U-Boats and other Hochseeflotte surface ships. |
| 06.08.1914 |
Together with the small cruiser Stettin
and 10 U-Boats, the Hamburg
operates NW of Helgoland. |
| 12.08.1914 |
Another operation together with several U-Boats. |
| 15.-16.12.1914 |
As part of the reconnaissance and U-Boat group, the Hamburg
takes part in the raid to shell Hartlepool. The cruiser engaged several British destroyers while assisting own torpedo boats. |
| 21.04.1915 |
The cruiser rams and sinks the torpedo boat S21
, causing some damage to the cruiser as well. |
| 17-18.05.1915 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 29-30.09.1915 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 11-12.09.1915 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 23-24.10.1915 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 05-07.03.1916 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 25-26.03.1916 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 21-22.04.1916 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 24-25.04.1916 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 31.05.1916 |
Battle of Jutland: During the night battles, the cruiser defended several attack by British destroyers and cruisers, the ship is hit several times, causing several casualties. |
| -26.07.1916 |
Repairs. |
| 18-20.08.1916 |
Participation in fleet operations. |
| 15.03.1917 |
Because of its age and limited operational use, the ships crew is reduced and used as stationary staff
command ship in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 03.01.1919 |
Decommissioned. |
| 07.09.1920 |
Recommissioned as flagship of the North Sea flotilla. |
| 13-17.06.1921 |
Visit to the Shetland Islands. |
| July-August 1921 |
Together with two mine hunter flotillas, the cruiser is send to the Baltic Sea and Arctic Sea to remove mines laid during WW1. While operating in the Cola Beight, the ships are shelled by Russian coastal artillery. |
| February 1922 |
Ice emergency operations in the Baltic Sea, the cruiser is damaged during this operations. |
| Autumn 1923 |
Participation in fleet exercises. |
| 08-14.07.1924 |
Visit to Riga. |
| 14.02.1926-20.03.1927 |
As its last voyage, the Hamburg makes a training voyage around the world: England, Spain, West Indies, Panama Channel, Middle- and North America, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Suez Channel, Mediterranean. |
| 30.06.1927 |
Decommissioned and put into fleet reserve. |
| 1936 |
Used as floating barrack in Kiel and Hamburg. |
| 1944 |
Sunk during British air attack on Hamburg. |
| 1949 |
Wreck raised. |
| 1956 |
Wreck scrapped. |
