7 Dec 1940
- Admiral Hipper departed Kiel, Germany for an anti-shipping sortie in the Atlantic. ww2dbase [Admiral Hipper | TH]
- Battleship Bismarck entered the Kiel Canal. ww2dbase [Bismarck | CPC]
- Orion and Komet sank the ship Vinni off Nauru; shortly after, Komet sank the ship Komata. ww2dbase [Orion | CPC]
- The Fairey Barracuda dive bomber took its first flight. ww2dbase [Barracuda | AC]
- The 100th Beaufighter aircraft rolled off the production line at Filton, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Beaufighter | AC]
- Morosini docked at Bordeaux, France. ww2dbase [Morosini | Bordeaux, Aquitaine | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Edwin Layton was appointed to the staff of Admiral James O. Richardson, commander of the Pacific Fleet, as the Fleet Intelligence Officer. ww2dbase [Edwin Layton | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
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