24 Nov 1940
- Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka of Slovakia signed the Tripartite Pact. ww2dbase [The Tripartite Pact | TH]
- The British Treasury canceled the bank holiday Boxing Day. ww2dbase [CPC]
- German destroyers Galster, Lody, and Beitzen departed Brest, France after sundown to attack British shipping off Cornwall, southwestern England, United Kingdom, sinking Belgian trawler Marguerite Simonne and Dutch ship Apollonia (killing 15). Five British destroyers were dispatched to hunt down the attackers, but failed to locate them. ww2dbase [CPC]
- British anti-submarine trawler HMT Amethyst hit a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary in southern England, United Kingdom; the entire crew of 7 survived. ww2dbase [CPC]
- German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer stopped British ship Port Hobart near the Azores; the crew was imprisoned and Port Hobart was scuttled. ww2dbase [Admiral Scheer | CPC]
- German bombers dropped 156 tons of high explosive bombs and 12,500 incendiary bombs on Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Historical buildings such as the Dutch House and St Peter's Hospital, and various buildings in the historical Castle Park district, were damaged. 207 were killed, 689 were injured, and 1,400 were made homeless. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | CPC]
- Formidable was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Formidable | CPC]
- HMS Cumberland joined Hunting Group in search for German battleship Admiral Scheer off Brazil. ww2dbase [Admiral Scheer | Cumberland | DS]
- Maggiore Baracca arrived at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France at 1145 hours, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Maggiore Baracca | Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Aquitaine | CPC]
- After dark and into the next date, aircraft from HMS Eagle struck Tripoli harbor, Libya. ww2dbase [Eagle | Tripoli | CPC]
- Operation Collar: Allied convoy ME4, with 3 merchant ships and a powerful escort fleet, passed the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea, sailing for Malta. ww2dbase [Malta Campaign | CPC]
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