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{{Geobox|Sandbank
| name =Scroby Sands 
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| category = Coastal feature 
| image = Scrobysands04.11.2005.a.jpg
| image_caption =Scroby Sands and its Wind Farm
| image_size =280px
(contracted; show full)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&nbsp;megawatts of power, enough for 41,000&nbsp;[[house|homes]]. The sands over the years have also been responsible for many shipwrecks<ref name="srok1">The Ship-Wrecks off North East Norfolk by Ayer Tikus: Published by Ayer Tikus Publications; ASIN B0032Z2NU0
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==Description==
Scroby Sands comprises of a large group of shoals with Scroby Sands itself being the largest near shore sandbank in the group. Scroby sandbank is {{convert|4|mi|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<ref name="srok1"/>
*SS Sinloo wrecked after collision with SS Douglas on Cross sands on 28 January 1905<ref name="srok1"/>
*SS Eastward stranded then wrecked 25 March 1918<ref name="srok1"/>
*[[SS Hopelyn]] wrecked on 17 October 1922<ref name="srok2">"Norfolk Maritime Heroes & Legends", Nicholls, M., Pub: Poppyland Publishing,  2008, ISBN 978-0-946148-85-1</ref>.
==See also==
*[[Haisborough Sands]]
*[[Hammond's Knoll]]
==References==
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