| 27.06.1894: |
Gefion
is commissioned. |
| 02.10.1894: |
Training and trials. |
| -05.06.1895: |
Because of several malfunctions detected during the trials, Gefion
has to be reconstructed and modified. |
| Jun 1895: |
Celebrations at the opening of the Kaiser-Wilhlem Channel (Kiel Channel). |
| Jul - Sep 1895: |
Escort of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern
. |
| Spring 1896: |
Participation in fleet maneuvers. |
| Jul 1896: |
Escort of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern
. |
| Autumn 1896: |
Participation in fleet maneuvers. |
| -Jun 1897: |
Guard ship in the Baltic Sea. |
| Jul 1897: |
Escort of the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern
. |
| 22.09 - Dec 1897: |
Repairs. |
| 16.12.1897: |
Sent to South East Asia. |
| Aug 1897: |
Visit to several Japanese ports. |
| Sep 1897: |
Visit to Wladivostok. |
| Jun 1900: |
Ordered back to Germany. |
| 22.09.1900: |
Arrived in Wilhelmshaven.
|
| 01.10.1900: |
Decommissioned. |
| -1904: |
Modernization and repairs, but the ship is put into reserve status. |
| 10.08.1914: |
The Gefion
is prepared for recommissisoning, but because of missing personal, the ship is not put into active service again. |
| 1916: |
Used as a floating barrack. |
| 05.11.1919: |
Sold and rebuild as a transport ship. Renamed to Adolf Sommerfeld
. |
| 11.10.1920: |
First trials as transport ship. |
| 1923: |
Scrapped in Danzig. |
