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Leslie Sylvester Flynn of Mazenod is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial for merchant mariners lost or buried at sea. The Montrolite was an Imperial Oil tanker carrying diesel fuel from Venezuela to Halifax unescorted. She was torpedoed by U109 northeast of Bermuda and just 20 of her crew of 48 reached safety.
On 5 February 1942, at 1:42 am, U-109 launched two torpedoes that hit the Montrolite in the stern. At 2:32 am, the tanker received her coup de grace and sank southeast of Bermuda in the Caribbean Sea, position 35°14'N/60°05'W.
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Commemorated on:
Page 135 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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