| 14.12.1914-16.03.1915: |
Training and trials. |
| 16.03.1915: |
Attached to the 2nd Reconnaissance group. |
| April - May 1915: |
Mine laying operations. |
| August 1915: |
Operations in the Baltic Sea. |
| 08.08.1915: |
Together with the cruiser Augsburg
, and the torpedo boats V99
and V100
, the Pillau
is sent for an
reconnaissance operation near Irben Strait. |
| 12.08.1915: |
Bombardment of Zerel (Swalferort). |
| 13.08.1915: |
Attacked by Russian submarine Drakon
, no damage on the cruiser. |
| 16.08.1915: |
Pillau
, Bremen
and several torpedo boats are used for a cover operation of minesweepers in the Irben Strait. |
| 19.08.1915: |
Bombardment of Arensburg. |
| 25.08.1915: |
Bombardment of Dagerort. |
| 29.08.1915: |
The cruiser is sent back to the North Sea. |
| 11 - 12.09.1915: |
Mine laying operations near Zwarte shoal. |
| 19 - 20.09.1915: |
Operations near Amrum. |
| 23 - 24.10.1915: |
Raid in the Helgoland Beight. |
| 16 - 19.12.1915: |
Patrol duty in the Skagerak and Kattegat. |
| 05- 06.03.1916: |
Operations with the Hochseeflotte. |
| 25 - 26.03.1916: |
Operations of the 1st and 2nd Reconnaissance Groups near Horns Reef. |
| 31.05.1916: |
Battle of Jutland:
Together with other ships of the 2nd Reconnaissance Group, the Pillau
fights against the CL Chester
and later against the BC Invincible
. Pillau
is hit, disabling the oil-fired boilers. |
| 01.06.1915: |
Escorts the damaged battlecruiser Seydlitz
back to Germany. |
| 18 - 20.08.1916: |
Operations with Hochseeflotte. |
| 25 - 26.09.1916: |
Operations with light forces. |
| 18 - 20.10.1916: |
Operations with Hochseeflotte near the Doggerbank. |
| 05.11.1916: |
Pillau
covers the rescue operations of the U-boat U20
near the Danish coast. |
| Spring 1917: |
Patrol duties and escorting of U-boats. |
| October 1917: |
Operation in the Baltic Sea. |
| 17.11.1917: |
Battle with light British forces near Helgoland. Pillau
scores some hits on British destroyers and is hit by
one shell itself. |
| 18-30.11.1917: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 31.03.1919: |
Put into reserve. |
| 20.07.1920: |
Taken over by Italy as reparation ship "U
", renamed Bari
. Equipped with additional 76 mm guns (3x) |
| 1934-1935: |
Refitted as "colonial cruiser". |
| late 1930s: |
Reclassified as training ship. |
| 1941: |
Operations near Corfu. |
| 1942: |
Convoy duty in the Adriatic, shore bombardments of the Montenegro coastline. |
| 1943: |
Modernization as anti-aircraft cruiser started at Livorno. |
| 28.06.1943: |
Sunk in Livorno. |
| 08.09.1943: |
Hull exploded by Italian forces to prevent capture by German troops. |
| 1944: |
Wreck scrapped. |
