February 6, 1937-The Admiral Hipper is launched.
April 29, 1939-The Admiral Hipper is commissioned.
June through August 1939-The Admiral Hipper undergoes training in the Baltic Sea.
August 1939-The Admiral Hipper is assigned to patrol in the Baltic Sea.
November 1939-The Admiral Hipper returns to Hamburg for final construction.
January 1940-The Admiral Hipper finishes its final training in the Baltic Sea.
April 8, 1940-The Admiral Hipper and two destroyers engage the British destroyer Glowworm. The Admiral Hipper collides wit the wreck of the destroyer shortly after it is sunk as part of Operation Wesurubung.
April through June 1940-Admiral Hipper undergoes repair work in Wilhelmshaven.
June 4, 1940-The Admiral Hipper, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and several destroyers carry out attacks around Hasted, Norway. The Admiral Hipper sinks the submarine hunter Juniper, the tanker Oil Pioneer, and the troop transport Orama as part of Operation Juno.
December 1, 1940 through December 27, 1940-The Admiral Hipper attacks an allied convoy about 700 miles west of Cape Finestre. The British cruiser Berwick was damaged, as well as another merchant vessel. A second merchant vessel was sunk as part of the first Atlantic operation of Operation Nordseetour.
February 11, 1941-The Admiral Hipper attacks another allied convoy after leaving Brest, France. Due to the convoy’s lack of protection, 7 out of 19 merchant ships are sunk and several others are damaged before the Admiral Hipper is forced to return to Brest to replenish its fuel supply, finishing the second Atlantic operation mission of Operation Nordseetour.
March through December 1941-After returning to Kiel by passing through the Denmark Strait, the Admiral Hipper undergoes repairs. Following the repairs, the Admiral Hipper undergoes trials in the Baltic Sea.
July 1942-The Admiral Hipper, Tirpitz, Admiral Scheer, several destroyers, and a pair of torpedo boats search for convoy PQ-17 in the Arctic. The convoy was never spotted, but was mostly destroyed by German U-boats and aircraft, ending Operation Rosselsprung.
December 1942-The Admiral Hipper, Lützow, and six destroyers attack an allied convoy. The Admiral Hipper damages the British destroyer Achates(the Achates was later sunk) and also sinks the mineseeker Bramble. The Battle in the Barents Sea is cut short by the arrival of the British cruisers Sheffield and Jamaica arrive, sinking one of the destroyers, called the Friedrich Eckold. The convoy only has one merchant vessel damaged.
February through March 1943-The Admiral Hipper is transferred to the Baltic Sea.
April 1, 1943-The Admiral Hipper is decommissioned.
March 1944-The Admiral Hipper is recommissioned.
Autumn 1944-The Admiral Hipper is reclassified as a training ship.
January 1945-The Admiral Hipper follows the Wilhelm Gustloff, a passenger ship, from Gotenhafen. The Wilhelm Gustloff is torpedoed and sunk by a Russian submarine, but the Admiral Hipper and its 1,350 refugees arrive in Kiel unharmed.
April 4, 1945-The Admiral Hipper is heavily damaged by bombs dropped by the British.
May 3, 1945-The Admiral Hipper is blown up in the Deutsche Werke docks in Kiel.
1948-The remains of the Admiral Hipper are scrapped by the British after it was moved to Heikendorf Bight.
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