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Metadata: 2004, BACTEC International, Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Explosive Ordnance Threat Assessment
Abstract:
The Site. A seventy five turbine windfarm is to be constructed off the North Norfolk coast, to the North of the Sheringham Shoal and just inside the 12 nautical mile (nm) limit. The cables will come ashore near to Weybourne. This Study. BACTEC has completed an Unexploded Ordnance Threat Assessment of the Project and the proposed Site. Proposed Works. The foundations for the turbines will be a mono-pile or a number of piles that will penetrate the seabed to an estimated maximum depth of 25m. Cables will be buried in the seabed to a depth of 3m. The UXO Threat. Evidence was found of past military activity in the area. These operations involved coastal defences and minefields along the coastline and in the North Sea to protect WWII Convoy Routes. The Germans laid sea mines in the area from aircraft, ships and submarines with devastating effect. Whilst many of these operations were outside the immediate area of the Site, the ensuing effects of the sea, weather and fishing may have transported and buried UXO in the area. The Anti Aircraft Gunnery School at Weybourne will have sown an offshore area with unexploded munitions. Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Risk. The risk from WWII UXO is considered to be as follows: Mines - Medium, Aircraft Delivered Bombs - Low, Anti Aircraft Munitions - Low. In the circumstances Risk Mitigation Measures are advised. Risk Mitigation Measures.
Data holder:
Scira Offshore Energy LTD
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4644 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2004, BACTEC International, Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Explosive Ordnance Threat Assessment |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 4353f2c5935f5bde8c2cd1c9fb6686f8 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 3650 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2004-09-10 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2012-10-29 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The Site. A seventy five turbine windfarm is to be constructed off the North Norfolk coast, to the North of the Sheringham Shoal and just inside the 12 nautical mile (nm) limit. The cables will come ashore near to Weybourne. This Study. BACTEC has completed an Unexploded Ordnance Threat Assessment of the Project and the proposed Site. Proposed Works. The foundations for the turbines will be a mono-pile or a number of piles that will penetrate the seabed to an estimated maximum depth of 25m. Cables will be buried in the seabed to a depth of 3m. The UXO Threat. Evidence was found of past military activity in the area. These operations involved coastal defences and minefields along the coastline and in the North Sea to protect WWII Convoy Routes. The Germans laid sea mines in the area from aircraft, ships and submarines with devastating effect. Whilst many of these operations were outside the immediate area of the Site, the ensuing effects of the sea, weather and fishing may have transported and buried UXO in the area. The Anti Aircraft Gunnery School at Weybourne will have sown an offshore area with unexploded munitions. Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Risk. The risk from WWII UXO is considered to be as follows: Mines - Medium, Aircraft Delivered Bombs - Low, Anti Aircraft Munitions - Low. In the circumstances Risk Mitigation Measures are advised. Risk Mitigation Measures. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | BACTEC has completed an UXO Threat Assessment of the Site proposed for the Sheringham Offshore Windfarm. In the searches for information, evidence has been found of past military activity in the area. The study of these activities confirmed that UXO could have been left on the beaches and on the seabed. Clearance Records indicate that not all of the WWII landmines were recovered. In the ensuing years, the actions of the tides, weather and fishing could have also moved UXO into the area and covered them on the sea bottom. The sea could also have moved UXO from ship wrecks into the area. On considering the Risk to the construction personnel and equipment, BACTEC advises that Risk Mitigation Measures are taken during the construction of the Sheringham Offshore Windfarm. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Presentation type: digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) Origin: BACTEC International Limited |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seabed survey geological feature | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.174333255759 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.2244886798664 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.096122217091 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.0742216214591 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Scira Offshore Energy LTD | |
| Position name | COWRIE uploader | |
| Phone | 0044 ( 0 ) 203 204 3200 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | ONE KINGDOM STREET, LONDON, W2 6BD, UNITED KINGDOM | |
| info@scira.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.scira.co.uk | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Scira Offshore Energy LTD | |
| Position name | COWRIE uploader | |
| Phone | 0044 ( 0 ) 203 204 3200 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | ONE KINGDOM STREET, LONDON, W2 6BD, UNITED KINGDOM | |
| info@scira.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.scira.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Scira Offshore Energy LTD | |
| Position name | COWRIE uploader | |
| Phone | 0044 ( 0 ) 203 204 3200 | |
| Fax | N/A | |
| Delivery point | ONE KINGDOM STREET, LONDON, W2 6BD, UNITED KINGDOM | |
| info@scira.co.uk | ||
| URL | www.scira.co.uk | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1968/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | no conditions apply |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2004-01-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2004-09-10 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2009-07-08 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.5 |