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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Atlanticos
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormorant
23. Cormount (probably)
24. Coureur des mers
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Empire bridge
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Grisdeale
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Harriet
64. Hebe
65. Hendon hall
66. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hmml 127 (possibly)
69. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms duchess of hamilton
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms hastfen
79. Hms hirose (probably)
80. Hms holdene
81. Hms japan
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
84. Hms lord airedale
85. Hms ludlow
86. Hms marconi
87. Hms monarch
88. Hms moravia (possibly)
89. Hms nadine
90. Hms new comet (possibly)
91. Hms orthos (probably)
92. Hms resono (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms sisapon
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms tervani
98. Hms waveflower
99. Hms whooper
100. Hms william wesney
101. Hmsm e6
102. Hmtb 10
103. Hnlms 227
104. Hornchurch
105. Ignis (possibly)
106. Ingi
107. Ionian (possibly)
108. J c dalble
109. Janny
110. Jim
111. Josefina thorden (after part)
112. Kankakee
113. Kenneth hawksfield
114. Khartoum (possibly)
115. Knarsdale
116. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
117. Koningen emma (possibly)
118. Kwasind
119. Lady salisbury
120. Lapwing
121. Lincairn (possibly)
122. Lisette
123. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
124. Lonhelen (possibly)
125. Lowland
126. Mac 5 (possibly)
127. Magdapur
128. Mangara
129. Maria rosa
130. Marie leonhardt (probably)
131. Mascotte
132. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
133. Mexico
134. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
135. Moidart
136. Morar
137. Nereus
138. Newhaven (possibly)
139. Nico
140. Nicolaos piangos
141. Norhauk
142. Norwich trader
143. Ocean pride
144. Old charlton
145. Ostprussen (possibly)
146. Palembang (probably)
147. Paullette
148. Peik
149. Pescado
150. Petshenga (possibly)
151. Phryne
152. Plawsworth (possibly)
153. Polgarth
154. Profit
155. Protinus (possibly)
156. Quickstep
157. Ravenscraig (possibly)
158. Ren
159. Rhenas (possibly)
160. Rhineland
161. Rochester city
162. Savona (probably)
163. Scimitar
164. Second chance (possibly)
165. Simon bolivar
166. Southford
167. St patrick
168. Storm
169. Sunbeam
170. Sunk head tower
171. Sunniside (probably)
172. Taber park
173. Tergestea
174. Terukuni maru
175. Thornaby (possibly)
176. Thyra
177. Torchbearer
178. Uc 11 (possibly)
179. Uc 72 (possibly)
180. Vae victis
181. Vancouver
182. Volscian (possibly)
183. Warrenpoint
184. Wearside
185. White ghost
186. White lady
187. Wychwood (possibly)
188. Wyetown
189. 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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