| 20.05.1935: |
Grille is commissioned. |
| May 1936: |
Fleet parade at the new naval memorial in Laboe. |
| 03.10.1936- 3.03.1937: |
Modifications at the ships boilers at Blohm & Voß shipyard. |
| July 1937: |
Engine trial voyage to Iceland. |
| -September 1939: |
Used for representation duties and voyages of the naval command. |
| September 1939: |
First used for defensive mine laying operations, followed by commerce war in the Baltic Sea. |
| February - May 1940: |
Repairs after collision with the steamer Axel
which sinks after the collision. |
| May 1940: |
Together with the CL Köln
and several destroyers, the Grille
is used to lay mine fields in the North Sea. |
| Summer 1940: |
In preparation for operation Seelöwe - the invasion of England - the Grille
was based in Ostend and planed to be used for setting up defensive mine fields to protect the invasion forces. |
| August 1941: |
Mine laying operation near Finland. |
| March - August 1942: |
Put out of service. |
| Autumn 1942: |
Sent to Narvik and used as staff ship. |
| Spring 1944: |
Used as headquarters for the U-Boat CIC-Norway (FdU in Norwegen). |
| Summer 1944: |
Transferred to Ankenes. |
| May 1945: |
Taken over by the British. |
| 1946: |
Sold to a private company, used as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. |
| March 1947: |
Some sources say that the Grille
is stricken in Beirut after a collision. |
| 29.11-30.11.1948: |
Accorfing to Israeli sources, a Israeli naval command mined the ship because of reports that it was to be modified into a warship again. (Operation "David") |
| 17.12.1948: |
The ship is badly damaged by the exploding mines and took 3 monthes to repair. |
| late 1948: |
Sold to the USA. |
| 1951: |
Scrapped. |
