| 06.01.1936 |
Commissioned. |
| -May 1936 |
Training and trials. |
| 09.05.1936 |
The Admiral Graf Spee
enters active fleet service. |
| 29.05.1936 |
Fleet parade at Laboe. |
| 06-25.06.1936 |
Atlantic operations, visit to Santa Cruz. |
| 20.08-09.10.1936 |
First Spain operation. |
| 13.12.1936-14.02.1937 |
Second Spain operation. |
| 02.03-06.05.1937 |
Third Spain operation. |
| 15-22.05.1937 |
The Admiral Graf Spee
takes part at the international fleet parade at Spithead. |
| 23.06 - 07.08.1937 |
Forth Spain operation. |
| Autumn 1937 |
Autumn maneuvers, followed by visits to Wisby and Kristiansand. |
| 07-18.02.1938 |
Fifth Spain operation. |
| 29.06-09.07.1938 |
Training operations in Norwegian waters. |
| 22.08.1938 |
Fleet parade at the launch of the CA Prinz Eugen
. |
| 06-23.10.1938 |
Atlantic operations, including visit to Tangier and Vigo. |
| 10-24.11.1938 |
Atlantic operations, including visit to Portugal. |
| 22-24.03.1938 |
Flagship during the Memel-Operations. |
| 18.04-16.05.1939 |
Atlantic operations together with Deutschland
, Admiral Scheer
, Leipzig
, Köln
, Leberecht Maas
, Diether
von Roeder
, the U-Boat tender Erwin Wasser
and three U-boat flotillas, including visits to Ceuta and
Lisbon. |
| 21.08.1939 |
Leaves Wilhelmshaven for the South Atlantic.
|
| 11-25.09.1939 |
Stays 900 miles east of Bahia. |
| 26.09.1939 |
Received orders to attack allied merchant shipping. |
| 30.09.1939 |
Sinks British steamer Clement
(5051 t) off Pernabuco. |
| October 1939 |
Admiral Graf Spee
sinks the following ships:
- 05.10: Newton Beach
(4651 t)
- 07.10: Ashlea
(4222 t)
- 10.10: Huntsman
(8196 t)
- 22.10: Trevanion
(5299 t)
|
| November 1939 |
Sails into the Indian Ocean and sinks British steamer Africa Shell
(706 t). |
| December 1939 |
Returns to the South Atlantic and sinks the following ships:
- 02.12: Doric Star
(10086 t)
- 03.12: Taiora
(7983 t)
- 07.12: Steronshaln
(3895 t)
|
| 06.12.1939 |
Admiral Graf Spee
meets its supply ship Altmark
the last time (25,5°S, 24,5°W) |
| 13.12.1939 |
The Admiral Graf Spee
runs into the British CA Exeter
, CL Ajax
and the New Zealand CL Achilles
. The Exeter
is badly damaged, the other ships are hit, too. The Admiral Graf Spee
(36 dead and 60 wounded) sails to Montevideo for repairs but has to leave the port in 72 hours. |
| 17.12.1939 |
Admiral Graf Spee
leaves Montevideo at 6:15 pm and is scuttled in the La Plata estuary at 7:52 pm. |
