| March 1939: |
Final Trials. |
| 29.04.1939: |
Commissioned. |
| June - August 1939: |
Training and trials. |
| July 1939: |
Training voyage to Sweden and Estland. |
| August 1939: |
Patrols in the Baltic Sea. |
| 06.11.1939-12.01.1940: |
Final construction in Hamburg: New bow and funnel cap added. |
| January 1940: |
Trials and training in the Baltic Sea. |
| 17.02.1940: |
Admiral Hipper
is put into active fleet service. |
| 18.02.1940: |
Together with BCs Scharnhorst
, Gneisenau
and several destroyers, the Admiral Hipper
operated between Britain and Scandinavia to attack allied convoys. No enemy ships were found during this operation. |
| 08.04.1940: |
Operation "Weserübung":
Heading to Drontheim, Admiral Hipper
and the destroyers Bernd von Arnim
and Hans Lüdemann
engaged the British destroyer Glowworm
. The Glowworm
was sunk, but Admiral Hipper
collided with the wreck. |
| 10.04.1940: |
After landing troops in Drontheim, Admiral Hipper
joins BCs Scharnhorst
, Gneisenau
on their way back to Germany. Although the British Home fleet is also operating in the same area, both sides do not meet. |
| April - June 1940: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 04.06.1940: |
Operation "Juno"
Along with BCs Scharnhorst
, Gneisenau
and the destroyers Karl Galster
, Hans Lody
, Erich Steinbrinck
and Hermann Schoemann
, Admiral Hipper
raids the area of Hastad, Norway and sink the troop transport Orama
, the tanker Oil Pioneer
and the submarine hunter Juniper.
|
| 20.06.1940: |
Admiral Hipper
and BC Gneisenau
start an operation against the British northern Patrol, but the operation is canceled after Gneisenau
is hit by an torpedo the next day. |
| 25.07 - 09.08.1940: |
Operation against allied merchant shipping in the Arctic sea, only neutral ships are detected. |
| 12.08 - 07.09.1940: |
Repairs in Wilhelmshaven. |
| 12.09 - 18.09.1940: |
Admiral Hipper
is planned to be used for support operation for "Operation Seelöwe". |
| 30.09 - 28.10.1940: |
Repairs in Hamburg after engine failure. |
| 01-27.12.1940: |
Operation "Nordseetour":
First Atlantic mission: Attacks convoy WS5A about 700 miles west of Cape Finestre and engages British CA Berwick
and DDs. Berwick
and one merchant were severely damaged, another merchant sunk. Admiral Hipper
returns to Brest, France. |
| 01.02 - 14.02.1941: |
Second Atlantic Mission: On Feb. 11, Admiral Hipper
attacks the unprotected convoy SLS64 at 37°12'N, 21°20'W, sinking 7 of the 19 merchants and damaging several others. Due to fuel shortage, Admiral Hipper
has to return to Brest, France. |
| 15-28.03.1941: |
Returns to Kiel via the Denmark Street. |
| - November 1941: |
Repairs in Kiel, several water tanks are modified to oil tanks to enlarge the operational radius. |
| 19.03.1942: |
Escorted by the destroyers Z24
, Z26
, Z30
and the torpedo boats T15
, T16
and T17
, Admiral Hipper
is sent to Drontheim, Norway. |
| 05.07.1942: |
Operation "Rösselsprung":
Together with BB Tirpitz
, CA Admiral Scheer
, escorted by the destroyers Karl Galster
, Theodor Riedel
, Friedrich Ihn
, Hans Lody
, Z24
, Z27
, Z28
, Z29
, Z30
and the torpedo boats T15
and T7,
the Admiral Hipper
searches for the convoy PQ17 in the arctic sea. Although no contact was made, two third of the convoy is destroyed by U-boats and aircraft. |
| 10.09.1942: |
Admiral Hipper
, Admiral Scheer
, the CL Köln
and several destroyers relocate to the Altafjord. |
| 24-28.09.1942: |
Along with the destroyers Z23, Z28
, Z29
and Z30
, Admiral Hipper
is doing the offensive mine operation "Zarin" off the north west coast of Novaja Semlija. |
| 01-02.10.1942: |
The heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
is escorded by Z23
, Z28
, T9
and T12
on its way from the Altafjord to the Bogenbucht. |
| 28-29.10.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
and Friedrich Eckoldt
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
to the Alta-Fjord. |
| 05-09.11.1942: |
The 5th destroyer flottilla, consisting of Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt
, Z27
and Z30
, escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
during an operation into the Barents Sea to attack allied shipping. |
| December 1942: |
Battle in the Barents Sea:
Admiral Hipper
, CA Lützow
and the six destroyers Richard Beitzen
, Theodor Riedel
, Friedrich Eckoldt
, Z24
, Z30
and Z31
, attacks convoy JW51B at 73°N, 29°E. Hipper sinks mine seeker Bramble
and damages DD Achates
(which is later sunk) but the attack is aborted after the British CL Sheffield
and Jamaica
archive one hit on the Admiral Hipper
. During the battle, in which only one merchant is damaged, DD Friedrich Eckoldt
is sunk. |
| February 1943: |
After provisorical repairs, the Admiral Hipper
is sent back to Germany via Drontheim. |
| 07.02.1943: |
Arrived in Kiel. |
| 28.02.1943: |
Transferred to Wilhelmshaven and put out of service. |
| 01.04.1943: |
Because of the increasing air threats, Admiral Hipper
is town to Pillau. |
| 01.03 1944: |
Admiral Hipper
recommissioned. |
| Autumn 1944: |
Used as a training ship. |
| 15.01.1945: |
Repairs in Gotenhafen (Gdynia). |
| 30.01.1945: |
Admiral Hipper
leaves Gotenhafen (Gdynia) with 1529 refugees on board following the passenger ship Wilhelm Gustloff
to Kiel. The Wilhlem Gustloff
was torpedoed by a Russian submarine, but Admiral Hipper
arrived at Kiel unharmed on 02.02. 1945. |
| 03.04.1945: |
Admiral Hipper
is hit by bombs during a British air attack. The ship is heavily damaged. |
| 09.04.1945: |
Again hit during an air attack, superstructures heavily damaged. |
| 03.05.1945: |
Blown up in the dock of Deutsche Werke, Kiel. |
| 1948/49 |
Moved to Heikendorf Bight and scraped by the British. |
