Encountered my first ever Task Force.....

[Karl-Heinz Jaeger]

.....in the Irish Sea aroundabout mid-October 1939 but alas it was on the tail end of my patrol and we'd only one torp left in the stern tube. We spotted 2 Dido light cruisers and a Southampton cruiser being escorted by a Tribal, a Hunt and 2 J class destroyers belting Northwards at 25knots off my port beam about 6000meters. No chance in hell of getting a shot off even if we'd had more fish to spare. At least I didn't have to let a carrier or a big ass battleship go, I'd never have forgiven myself!!