| 12.11.1934: |
Commissioned. |
| -18.04.1935: |
Trials and training. |
| 30.08- 01.09.1935: |
Visit to Danzig. |
| 19.10 - 09.11 1935: |
Battle training in the North Atlantic. |
| May 1936: |
Fleet parade at Laboe. |
| 06-19.06.1936: |
Together with Deutschland voyage around Great Britain. |
| 23-29.06.1936: |
Visit to Stockholm. |
| 24.07.1936-31.08.1936: |
First Spain operation. |
| 02.10-03.12.1936: |
Second Spain operation. |
| 15.03-07.04.1937: |
Third Spain operation. |
| 09.05-01.07.1937: |
Forth Spain operation. After a bomb attack o the Panzerschiff Deutschland
at Ibiza, Admiral Scheer
and the torpedo boats Seeadler
, Albatros
, Luchs
and Leopard
bombard the harbor of Almeria. |
| 30.07-11.10.1937: |
Fifth Spain operation. |
| -March 1938: |
Fleet operations and training in the Baltic Sea. |
| 19.03-29.06.1938: |
Sixth Spain operation. |
| 22.08.1938: |
Fleet parade in Kiel because of the launch of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
. |
| 18.04 - 03.05.1939: |
Atlantic operation and trials. |
| 04.09 1939: |
Based in Wilhelmshaven, the Admiral Scheer
shoots down a Blenheim IV bomber in the first British air raid on Wilhelmshaven. |
| 01.02 - July 1940: |
In dock, command tower is replaced, reclassified as heavy cruiser. |
| 31.07 - October 1940: |
Trials in the Baltic Sea. |
| 23.10.1940: |
Leaves Gotenhafen (Gdynia) for commerce war. |
| 31.10.1940: |
Passes Denmark Street. |
| 05.11.1940: |
After the sinking of the refrigerator ship Mopan (5389 t) the Admiral Scheer
attacks the convoy HX 84 at 52°45'N, 32°13'W. consisting of 37 merchants. While the auxiliary cruiser Jervis Bay
defends the convoy and is sunk, the main body can escape. The total loss of HX 84 are:
- Jervis Bay
(14164 t)
- Maidan
(7908 t)
- Trewellard
(5201 t)
- Kenbame Head
(5225 t)
- Beaverford
(10042 t)
- Fresno City
(4955 t)
Three other merchants with 27844 t are damaged.
|
| 12.11.1940: |
Refueled by the tanker Eurofeld
. |
| 14.11.1940: |
Resupplied by supply ship Nordmark
. |
| 24.11.1940: |
Sinks Port Horbard
(7448 t) SE of the Bermudas. |
| 01.12.1940: |
Sinks Tribesman
(6242 t ) west of Bathurst. |
| 14.12.1940: |
Resupplied by supply ship Nordmark
. |
| 18.12.1940: |
Captures British refrigerator ship Duquesa
(8651) with 14.5 million eggs and 3000 t of meat on board. The Duquesa
was used to resupply the auxiliary cruisers Pinguin
and Thor
and the supply ship Nordmark
. The Duquesa
is sunk by the Pinguin
in February 1941.
|
| 26.12.1940: |
Admiral Scheer
meets with auxiliary cruisers Thor
and Pinguin
, resupply ship Nordmark
, tanker Eurofeld
and the captured Duquesa
at point "Andalusien" 15°S 18°W. |
| 09-12.01.1941: |
Admiral Scheer
unsuccessfully tries to attack the Troop Convoy WS5A which has been attacked by CA Admiral Hipper
on December 24th |
| 17.01.1941: |
Norwegian tanker Sandefjord
(8038 t) is captured and send to Bordeaux. |
| 20.01.1941: |
Sinks Dutch steamer Barneveld
(5597 t) and British freighter Stanpark
(5103 t) |
| 24-28.01.1941: |
Another meeting at "Andalusien" between Admiral Scheer
, Thor
and Nordmark
. |
| 03.02.1941: |
Passes Cape of Good Hope. |
| 14.02.1941: |
Meets with auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
, the war prizes Speybank
and Letty Brövi
and the German freighter Tannenfels
at 13°S, 64°E. |
| 20.02.1941: |
Sinks the Greek freighter Gregorios
(2546 t) at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel. The British tanker British Advocate
(6994 t) is captured. |
| 21.02.1941: |
Sinks the Canadian Cruiser
(7178 t). Admiral Scheer
is ordered home. |
| 22.02.1941: |
Sinks Indonesian steamer Rantaupandjang
(2542 t). A few hours later, the Admiral Scheer
is sighted by a plane of the British CL Glasgow
at 8°30'S, 51°35'E. The Admiral Scheer
is unsuccessfully hunted by the CV Hermes
, CA Canberra
, Australia
and Shorpshire
and the CLs Glasgow
, Cape Town
and Emerald
. |
| 03.03.1941: |
Passes Cape of Good Hope. |
| 09-10.03.1941: |
Another meeting at "Andalusien" between Admiral Scheer
, Nordmark
and the auxiliary cruisers Pinguin
and Kormoran
. |
| 11-24.03.1941: |
Admiral Scheer
meets German freighters Portland
and Alsterufer
. |
| 27.03.1941: |
Passes Denmark Street. |
| 30.03.1941: |
Reached Bergen. |
| 01.04.1941: |
Arrived in Kiel. On her voyage, the Admiral Scheer
has sunk 14 ships with 84027 t, captured 2 with 15032 t and destroyed an auxiliary cruiser with 14164 t. Total 113223 t. |
| 15.04-01.07.1941: |
Repairs in Kiel. |
| Sep - Oct 1941: |
Part of the Baltic Fleet. |
| January-February 1942: |
Transferred to Drontheim. |
| May 1942: |
Moved to Bow Bay near Narvik. |
| July 1942: |
Together with the Lützow
and six DDs, the Admiral Scheer
forms a squadron to attack the arctic convoy PQ-17. The squadron is called back after the convoy has broken up. |
| 16-18.08.1942: |
Friedrich Eckold
, Erich Steinbrinck
and Richard Beitzen
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
to the Bear Islands. |
| 16-31.08.1942: |
Operation "Wunderland":
With 3 U-boats the Admiral Scheer
sails to the Cara Sea. Russian ice-breaker Alexander Siriyakov
is sunk on the 25th, Port Dickson bombarded on the 27th, damaging another ice-breaker and a tanker. |
| 29-31.08.1942: |
Friedrich Eckold,
Erich Steinbrinck
and Richard Beitzen
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from Bear Island to Norway. |
| 24-28.09.1942: |
The destroyers Richard Beizen
, Z23
, Z28
, Z29
and Z30
proceed to a mine laying operation at Nowaja Semlja. They are covered by the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
. |
| 20-21.10.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt
and Z29
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from the Altafjord to Narvik. |
| 23-24.10.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt, Z23, Z28
and Z29
escort the battleship Tirpitz
and the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from Narvik to Trondheim. |
| 06-10.11.1942: |
Z23
, Z28
and Z29
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from Trondheim back to Germany. |
| 11.11.1942: |
Returns to Kiel. |
| January 1943: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven, afterwards, the ship is used as a training ship based in Gotenhafen (Gdynia) and is decommissioned. |
| October 1944: |
Put into service again. |
| Nov 1944- Feb 1945: |
Support of the German Army. |
| March 1945: |
Bombardments at Diefenov and Swinemünde. As the barrels are worn out, the Admiral Scheer
is ordered to Kiel for repairs. Takes over 200 wounded and 800 refugees at Pilau. |
| 09-10.05.1945: |
After several bomb hits the Admiral Scheer
capsized. |
| July 1946: |
The wreck, buried under rubble, is broken up. |
