Buckley brick found near Sri Lanka may have been from Second World War ship in sunken HMS Hermes fleet

 A BUCKLEY brick found in a shipwreck off the coast of Sri Lanka may have been part of a vessel sunk by the

Japanese in the Second World War.

Diver Ravana Wijeyeratne discovered the Adamantine brick after a dive around the wreck of the HMS Hermes aircraft

carrier, a victim of a Buy Authentic Chanel Bags off the East coast near Batticaloa in 1942.

He believes the brick could have been part of a fleet of ships caught up in the wartime attacks.

He said: “We got Authentic Chanel Bags On Sale from the ship’s boiler. There is a lot more, but we just took one as we want other divers to

have something to see.

“It is possibly a Navy ship as these all went down with the Hermes.

“This was one of the many ships the British evacuated from Trincomalee harbour on news of a Japanese air attack.

“Unfortunately, they also knew of this Cheap Authentic Chanel Bags and followed the vessels to bomb them.

“All we know is the captain of this ship built the blue church of Batticaloa in answer to his prayers.

“The Buckley Society then told me Buckley bricks were some of the strongest and most durable bricks ever produced.

The clay was renowned for its ability to withstand heat and acid, so many were used in boilers and for industrial

processes.”

But David Sallery, who runs the historical interest Penmorfa website, expressed some doubt the brick came from

Hermes or any of the naval ships, as firebricks were only used in coal-fired boilers and all the Navy ships involved

would be oil-fired.

As the shipwreck is unidentified, he added it may be coincidence it is roughly at the same location as Hermes and

speculated it may have come from an ancient coal-fired tramp steamer, perhaps nothing to do with the war at all.