This is the information page about the shipwreck Carica milica, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.892 N,1 42.081 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Alastair
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Annie
7. Atlanticos
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Coureur des mers
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Cresta
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Denewood
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Dynamo
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. Empire bridge
39. Erna boldt (probably)
40. Estrella (possibly)
41. Eva witte
42. Excelsior
43. F stobart (probably)
44. Faithful star
45. Farmatyr
46. Firth
47. Fort massac
48. Forth
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Frumenton
52. Gannet (possibly)
53. Gasfire
54. Gena
55. Gerhard
56. Gipsy (possibly)
57. Golconda (possibly)
58. Grantleyhall (possibly)
59. Grenadier (probably)
60. Grisdeale
61. Groenlo
62. Groeswen (probably)
63. H h petersen
64. Harlington (probably)
65. Harlyn (probably)
66. Harriet
67. Hebe
68. Hendon hall
69. Heworth
70. Hillglen
71. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
72. Hmml 127 (possibly)
73. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
74. Hms adonis (possibly)
75. Hms arethusa
76. Hms donna nook
77. Hms donside (possibly)
78. Hms duchess of hamilton
79. Hms dundalk
80. Hms eros (possibly)
81. Hms forward iii
82. Hms franc tireur
83. Hms harvest gleaner
84. Hms hastfen
85. Hms hirose (probably)
86. Hms holdene
87. Hms japan
88. Hms jessie nutten
89. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
90. Hms lord airedale
91. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
92. Hms ludlow
93. Hms marconi
94. Hms monarch
95. Hms moravia (possibly)
96. Hms nadine
97. Hms new comet (possibly)
98. Hms orthos (probably)
99. Hms resono (possibly)
100. Hms river clyde (possibly)
101. Hms river clyde (possibly)
102. Hms sisapon
103. Hms sisters melville
104. Hms st seiriol
105. Hms tervani
106. Hms waveflower
107. Hms whooper
108. Hms william wesney
109. Hmsm e6
110. Hmtb 10
111. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
112. Hnlms 227
113. Hornchurch
114. Ignis (possibly)
115. Ingi
116. Ionian (possibly)
117. J c dalble
118. Janny
119. Jim
120. Josefina thorden (after part)
121. Kankakee
122. Kenneth hawksfield
123. Khartoum (possibly)
124. Knarsdale
125. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
126. Koningen emma (possibly)
127. Kwasind
128. Lady salisbury
129. Lapwing
130. Lincairn (possibly)
131. Lisette
132. Little world
133. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
134. Lonhelen (possibly)
135. Lowland
136. Mac 5 (possibly)
137. Magdapur
138. Mangara
139. Maria rosa
140. Marie leonhardt (probably)
141. Mascotte
142. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
143. Mexico
144. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
145. Moidart
146. Morar
147. Nereus
148. Newhaven (possibly)
149. Nico
150. Nicolaos piangos
151. Norhauk
152. Norwich trader
153. Ocean pride
154. Old charlton
155. Ostprussen (possibly)
156. Palembang (probably)
157. Paullette
158. Peik
159. Pescado
160. Petshenga (possibly)
161. Phryne
162. Plawsworth (possibly)
163. Polgarth
164. Profit
165. Protinus (possibly)
166. Quickstep
167. Ravenscraig (possibly)
168. Ren
169. Rhenas (possibly)
170. Rhineland
171. Rochester city
172. Savona (probably)
173. Scimitar
174. Sea king
175. Second chance (possibly)
176. Sheaf field
177. Simon bolivar
178. Southford
179. St patrick
180. Storm
181. Sunbeam
182. Sunk head tower
183. Sunniside (probably)
184. Taber park
185. Tergestea
186. Terukuni maru
187. Thornaby (possibly)
188. Thyra
189. Torchbearer
190. Uc 11 (possibly)
191. Uc 72 (possibly)
192. Vae victis
193. Vancouver
194. Volscian (possibly)
195. Warrenpoint
196. Wearside
197. White ghost
198. White lady
199. Wychwood (possibly)
200. Wyetown
201. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: CARICA MILICA

Length 129.5 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.9, tonnage 6371 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1928 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by jugoslavenski. lloyd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 569hp, single shaft. machinery by s richardson, westgarth & co, sunderland. passage the tyne for dubrovnik. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20161207

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN POSN 005 DEG, 3.5M FROM SHIPWASH LTV. (WW2SL). H0162/39 28.11.39 PNM 2628/39 ISSUED. H0162/39 13.4.40 INS AS DWPA.

- NM 939/40. H02950/43 26.1.43 AMEND POSN & TO DW WITH G CON BUOY GPFL(3), 10SEC.

- NM 199/44. H02950/43 9.6.44 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 4FT. H02950/43 22.9.44 OROPESA SWEEP APRIL 1949 CLEAR AT 48FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 66FT. E/S DEPTH 55FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.6.49). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 1FT.

- NM 2040/44. H02950/43 2.6.49 AMEND TO WK 8FMS IN 520452N, 014211E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER).

- NM 1126/49. H4629/71 21.12.72 WRECK UTTERLY SMASHED. AREA COVERED BY HEAPS OF TANGLED STEEL. HAZARDOUS DIVE AS LARGE BANK TO NORTH CAUSES VISIBILITY TO BE CONSISTENTLY BAD. SEABED 50FT WITH SOME SCOURS. (E GILES 13.7.72). 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 5.1.77 EXAM'D 7.8.76 IN 520453.4N, 014208.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 14.2, FOUL 14.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.2 IN GEN DEPTH 18-20MTRS. SCOUR 23MTRS. LARGE WK, APPROX 125MTRS X 25MTRS. LYING NNW/SSE. SHOALEST PART IN CENTRE. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 14.8MTRS. BR STD. H4139/76 18.3.80 AMEND TO SW 14.2MTRS.

- NM 773/80 H2917/83 28.3.85 LOCATED 15.10.84 IN 520452N, 014210E [OGB] IN GEN DEPTH 19 TO 21MTRS. NOT EXAM'D. WK VERY BROKEN UP AND WIDELY DISPERSED. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP 2012/000212161 14.1.13 LOCATED IN 5204.901N, 0142.077E [WGD]. HT 5.7MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND LTD, REPORT BY EMU LTD DTD 12.6.12). NOT VISIBLE IN DIGITAL DATA. RETAIN SW 14.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 4.2.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.9 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND, REPORT DTD 12.6.12; P SNELL, EMAIL DTD 4.2.13 & SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). COLLAPSED WK WITH 3 SHOAL LUMPS. AMEND WK 12.9MTRS. NE 2052 &

- NM 1732/13. SEP 2016/000091759 21.8.17 EXAM'D 7.12.16; IN 5204.892N, 0142.081E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 98.6MTRS, WIDTH 28.6MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 162/342 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 229.84MTRS, 3.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 024 DEGS. WRECK IS A BROKEN CONTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 14.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 4.892 N,1 42.081 E

 

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