Hohenzollern II was launched on 27 June 1892,[1] the build completed the same year by AG Vulcan Stettin.

From 1894 to 1914, with the exception of 1906, Emperor Wilhelm II used her on his annual prolonged Nordlandfahrt trips to Norway.

At the end of July 1914 Hohenzollern II was put out of service in Kiel, the last captain being Kapitän zur See Johannes V. Karpf.

Struck on 27 February 1920, she was scrapped in 1923 in Wilhelmshaven.She was captained by Erich Raeder during the Edwardian era.

Hohenzollern III was launched in September 1914 in Stettin but never finished due to war.