November 4, 1933-The keel of the Nürnberg is laid down in the Deutsche Werke shipyards of Kiel.
December 8, 1934-The Nürnberg is launched.
November 2, 1935-The Nürnberg is commissioned, then undergoes sea trials until March 1936.
April through May 1936-The Nürnberg is involved in North Atlantic battle training.
June 1936-The Nürnberg is with Fleet Operations in the Baltic Sea.
August through October 1936-The Nürnberg takes part in the First Spain operation.
November through December 1936-The Nürnberg is involved in the Second Spain operation.
April through May 1937-The Nürnberg participates in the Third Spain operation.
June through August 1937-The Nürnberg is involved in the Fourth Spain operation. After completing the operation, the Nürnberg leaves for fleet operations until March of 1939.
May 1939-The Nürnberg travels to Norway and Sweden.
August 1939-The Nürnberg is assigned to patrol in the western and central Baltic Sea.
September through October 1939-The Nürnberg takes part in the Poland Campaign, then is assigned to the Befehlshaber der Aufklerungskraefte (reconnaissance force), currently operating in the North Sea. The ship then took part in several mining operations along the British coast and in the North Sea.
December 12 through December 13, 1939-The Nürnberg joins the Leipzig and the Köln forms the Befehlshaber der Aufklerungskraefte (reconnaissance force), which is responsible for covering five German destroyers on a mining mission. Shortly after meeting the destroyers, the British submarine Salomon torpedoes both the Nürnberg and Leipzig. The five destroyers break off to chase the submarine while the damaged cruisers limped away. The Nürnberg undergoes repairs until May 1940.
July 1940-The Nürnberg meets the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and the Admiral Hipper at Drontheim. Both the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau depart on July 20, but the Gneisenau returns when it is torpedoed.
July 25, 1940-The Nürnberg joins four destroyers to escort the damaged Gneisenau to Kiel for repairs.
August 1940-The Nürnberg is stationed in Germany’s home waters until November of 1942, when the ship was ordered to Norway.
December 2, 1942-The Nürnberg joins the Admiral Hipper, Lützow, and the Koeln while in the Altafjord. From there, the ships continue and meet up with the battleship Tirpitz at Drontheim. The group then is stationed at Narvik.
Spring 1943-The Nürnberg is joined by the Scharnhorst after the Admiral Hipper and Koeln are ordered back to Germany.
May 1943-The Nürnberg is ordered to return to Germany. While en route, the ship is attacked by two British MTB. Afterwards, the cruiser operates around the Baltic Sea.
January 1945-The Nürnberg operates in the Skagerrak, and is responsible for laying mines during this time.
Jaunary 27, 1945-The Nürnberg is stationed in Copenhagen harbor, using its flak guns against attacking Danish partisans. The ship is in Copenhagen at the end of the war.
May 24, 1945-The Nürnberg, along with the Prinz Eugen, is escorted to Wilhelmshaven by the British cruisers Devonshire and Dido.
November 5, 1945-Nürnberg is handed over to the Soviet Navy and joins the Baltic Fleet.
December 16, 1945 through January 2, 1946-The Nürnberg is stationed in Wilhelpshaven, the German crew was handed over to a Soviet crew and commission. January 2, 1946-The Nürnberg, Z16 Erich Steinbrick, T33, T107, target ship Hessen, and the dispatch vessel Blitz all sail for Libau.
January 5, 1946-The five ships arrive at Libau and all of the remaining German crewmembers were offloaded. The Nürnberg is renamed to the Admiral Makarov.
February 15, 1946-The Admiral Makarov is the flagship of the Northern Baltic fleet, replacing the damaged Kirov, which had hit a magnetic mine on October 17, 1945, effectively taking the cruiser out of action for a while.
1949 through 1950-The Admiral Makarov undergoes partial modernization and refits in the Kronshtadt. Later on, the cruiser plays a role in the movie ‘Unforgettable Nineteenth’, the story about the Red Fleet’s clashes with British interventionists in 1919.
December 2, 1955-The Admiral Makarov is relieved of its position as the flagship of the Northern Baltic fleet.
February 21, 1957-The Admiral Makarov is reclassified to a training cruiser, but remains stationed at Kronshtadt.
February 20, 1959-The Admiral Makarov has all of its weapons removed and is removed from the Soviet Naval listings.
March 13, 1959 through February 1961-The Admiral Makarov is broken up. The hull, covered with zinc, had been in amazingly good condition, and hadn’t suffered from any corrosion, despite the period of service for the cruiser.
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