Losses to shipping. Of 164 merchant ships that sailed from the ports of South Wales, 123 were sunk by enemy action once at sea. The Cardiff based line of Reardon Smith had losses of 33 of its 41 ships by the end of hostilities in 1945, most having been torpedoed by U-Boats.

The “San Felippe” was sunk during and six killed a raid on Cardiff Docks on 9th July 1940. Another casualty in the docks was Pelton Steam Ship Co' S.S. Stesso on 20 June 1940. The following year she was raised and broken up at Briton Ferry. [002]