| 07.04.1894: |
First tests and trials, several engine problems required modifications in the boiler system. |
| 15.12.1894: |
Heimdall
is commissioned. |
| Apr - Jun 1895: |
Exercises in the Baltic Sea. |
| 05.07.1895: |
The ship is decommissioned because of a lack in available crew members. |
| 08.08.1897: |
Recommissioned.
|
| 08.09.1897: |
Sent to Kiel for repairs after engine breakdowns off the Danish coast. |
| 26.07.1898: |
Recommissioned. |
| 29.09.1898: |
Decommissioned. |
| 24.07.1900: |
Recommissioned, Heimdall
takes part in fleet maneuvers. |
| 29.09.1900: |
Decommissioned, the ship is sent to Kiel for major modifications. |
| Jul - Sep 1902: |
Recommissioned for fleet exercises, decommissioned after that. |
| Jul - Sep 1903: |
Recommissioned for fleet exercises, decommissioned after that. |
| 14.09.1914: |
At the outbreak of World War I, the Heimdall is attached to the VI. Squadron. |
| 19.09.1914: |
Assigned to patrol duty in the German Beight. |
| 23.12.1914: |
Collision with the battleship Kaiserin
. |
| Sep 1915: |
Used as a target ship. |
| 02.03.1916: |
Decommissioned. |
| -Dec 1917: |
Used as a floating barrack for U-boat crews in Emden. |
| 17.06.1919: |
Removed form fleet lists. |
| 1921: |
Scrapped. |
