Scroby Sands is a
sandbank or shoal, off the coast of
Norfolk, England
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North ...
which runs near shore, north to south from
Caister
Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a large village and seaside resort in Norfolk, England. It is close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. At the 2001 census it had a population of 8,756 and 3,970 households, the populati ...
south towards
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of ...
.
[SC1408 Harwich and Rotterdam to Cromer & Terschelling Admiralty Small Craft Chart Coastal planning chart of the Harwich and Rotterdam to Cromer and Terschelling Scale: 1:300,000] It has been the site of many shipwrecks.
[The Ship-Wrecks off North East Norfolk by Ayer Tikus: Published by Ayer Tikus Publications; ASIN B0032Z2NU0] This location is also notable for
an offshore 60MW wind farm opened in 2003.
Description
Scroby Sands is from the coast and separated by channels from the adjacent Caister shoals, Cockle Shoals, Cross Sands, Corton and Holm Sands. Scroby sands is frequently shown on charts as having three components, named North Scroby, Middle Scroby and South Scroby.
It comprises a large group of shoals with Scroby Sands itself being the largest near shore sandbank in the group. It is deeper and narrower at its northern end and shallower and broader at its southern end.
Wind farm
The sands are now clearly marked by the
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. W ...
s of
Scroby Sands wind farm which were erected in 2003–4. The farm was commissioned by Powergen Renewables Offshore, a division of one of the UK's major electricity producing companies (now called
E.ON UK), and is expected to produce up to a maximum of 60 megawatts of power, enough for 41,000
homes
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.
Ships wrecked on Scroby Sands
Some of the ships wrecked here include:
*''Durham Packet'' of Stockton wrecked on 6 December 1847
*SS ''Douglas'' wrecked after collision with SS ''Sinloo'' on Cross sands on 28 January 1905
*SS ''Sinloo'' wrecked after collision with SS ''Douglas'' (see above)
*SS ''Eastward'' stranded then wrecked 25 March 1918
*
SS ''Hopelyn'' wrecked on 17 October 1922.
["Norfolk Maritime Heroes & Legends", Nicholls, M., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, 2008, ]
*''Sequena'' wrecked October 1995
* Steamer ''Sea Queen'' wrecked 13 February 1870
See also
*
Haisborough Sands
*
Hammond's Knoll
References
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Sandbanks of the North Sea
Coastal features of Norfolk
Landforms of Norfolk
Sandbanks of England