Scroby Sands is a
sandbank off the coast of
Norfolk, England
Norfolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and east, Cambridgeshire to the west, a ...
which runs near shore, north to south from
Caister
Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a large village, seaside resort and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Caister is located north of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich.
History
Caister's history dates bac ...
south towards
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...
.
[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] Scroby Sands Wind Farm, an offshore 60MW wind farm, is situated on the sandbank and 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 the site of the
Scroby Sands wind farm which was erected in 2003–04. 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
E.ON UK is a British energy company and one of the largest suppliers of energy in the UK, following its acquisition of Npower. It is a subsidiary of E.ON of Germany and one of the Big Six energy suppliers. It was founded in 1989 as Powergen, ...
), and is expected to produce up to a maximum of 60 megawatts of power, enough for 41,000
homes
A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals. Homes provide sheltered spaces, for instance rooms, where domestic activity can be p ...
.
Ships wrecked on Scroby Sands
Some of the ships wrecked here include:
*''Sequena'' wrecked October 1995
*
SS ''Hopelyn'' wrecked on 17 October 1922.
["Norfolk Maritime Heroes & Legends", Nicholls, M., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, 2008, ]
*SS ''Eastward'' stranded then wrecked 25 March 1918
*SS ''Douglas'' and SS ''Sinloo'' both wrecked after colliding on Cross sands on 28 January 1905
* Steamer ''Sea Queen'' wrecked 13 February 1870
*''Durham Packet'' of
Stockton wrecked on 6 December 1847
See also
*
Haisborough Sands
Haisborough Sands (or Haisboro Sands or Haisbro Sands) is a sandbank off the coast of Norfolk, England at Happisburgh.SC1408 Harwich and Rotterdam to Cromer & Terschelling (Admiralty Small Craft Chart) Coastal planning chart of the Harwich and ...
*
Hammond's Knoll
References
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Sandbanks of the North Sea
Coastal features of Norfolk
Landforms of Norfolk
Sandbanks of England