Scroby Sands is a sandbank or shoal, off the coast of Norfolk, England which runs near shore, north to south from Caister

Caister-on-Sea

Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a settlement in Norfolk in the United Kingdom, close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. It is a seaside resort and busy holiday destination on the "Golden Mile", with its main attraction being its sandy "Georgian Beach". It is home to Great...

 south towards Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...

. The sands are now clearly marked by the Wind turbine

Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...

s of Scroby Sands wind farm

Scroby Sands wind farm

The Scroby Sands Wind Farm is a wind farm located on the Scroby Sands sandbank in the North Sea, off the coast of Great Yarmouth in eastern England, United Kingdom. It was commissioned in March 2004 by Powergen Renewables Offshore, a division of E.ON UK. It is expected to produce up to a maximum...

 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

E.ON UK

E.ON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E.ON, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. As Powergen, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since 1 July 2002 has been owned by E.ON AG of...

), and is expected to produce up to a maximum of 60 megawatts of power, enough for 41,000 homes

House

A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...

. The sands over the years have also been responsible for many shipwrecks.

Description

Scroby Sands comprises a large group of shoals with Scroby Sands itself being the largest near shore sandbank in the group. Scroby sandbank is 4 miles (6.4 km) 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 a unit having three
Components. These are named North Scroby, Middle Scroby and South Scroby.
Scroby Sands is deeper and narrower at its northern end and
shallower and broader to the southern end of the shoal.

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 on Cross sands on 28 January 1905
• SS Eastward stranded then wrecked 25 March 1918
• SS Hopelyn
  SS Hopelyn
  SS Hopelyn was a Merchant vessel from Newcastle which became stranded and then wrecked on Scroby Sands of the Norfolk coast on the 17 October 1922.-History:...
  
  wrecked on 17 October 1922.