Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Deutschland" an rushe shi a cikin 1920<unk>1922, amma ragowar an sabunta su kuma sun koma aiki a tsakiyar shekarun 1920. Ayyukan su sun nuna wadanda suka kasance a lokacin yakin basasa, ciki har da jiragen ruwa na horo na kasashen waje da kuma manyan jiragen ruwa. "Hannover" an cire shi a shekarar 1931 kuma ya kamata a canza shi zuwa jirgi mai manufa, kodayake ba a taɓa yin hakan ba. A ƙarshe an rushe shi a cikin 1944-1946. "Schlesien" da "Schleswig-Holstein" sun kasance a cikin sabis don horarwa ta hanyar 1930s zuwa zamanin Nazi (War Navy). Dukansu jiragen ruwa sun ga iyakacin aiki a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, ciki har da bombardment na sojojin Poland a lokacin mamayewar Poland a watan Satumba na 1939 da kuma
mamayewar Denmark da mamayewar Norway a watan Afrilun 1940. An nutsar da jiragen ruwa biyu a kusa da ƙarshen yakin.