British light naval forces made contact with those of enemy
in English Channel and pursued them to Brest, inflicting damage.
The HMS Javelin hit by torpedo but reached port.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Fought off series of air
attacks on Javelin.
The British Admiralty announced naval bombardment of targets
at Ras Alula, near Cape Gardafui, Italian Somaliland
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Made concentrated raids
on naval yards at Bremen and riverside wharves and docks at
Cologne.
Coastal Command aircraft bombed ports at Hamburg, Cologne,
Boulogne and Le Havre. Kriegsmarine supply ship sunk off Holland.
The war against Italy, Commander-In-Chief of the Mediterranean
Fleet reported successful attacks by Fleet Air Arm on Port
Laki (Leros), in the Dodecanese, and on Tripoli (Libya).
Small forces of Luftwaffe aircraft crossed coast during day.
Bombs fell mostly in South London.
Night attacks on London, Home Counties and north-west England.
Five Luftwaffe aircraft shot down. Britain lost two fighters.
The Greek War, Greek advance continued despite Italian reinforcements
from Northern Albania. Italians transferred supply bases from
Valona and Durazzo to northern anchorage of San Giovanni di
Medua.
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HMS Destroyer Javelin (Commander A. F.
Pugsley, R.N.) was damaged by a torpedo fired from an enemy
destroyer during a naval engagement in the Channel on 29
November 1940. She is one cf the new J class destroyers
and was completed in June 1939. She has a displacement of
1,695 tons and carries six 4.7 in. guns and ten torpedo
tubes. Photo.
Wright & Logan
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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