The 'Sea Cadet Corps' ('SCC') is a UK cadet force, that follows the rank structure, traditions, values and ethos of the
Royal Navy (even though it is not controlled and funded by the Royal Navy in the same way the
Combined Cadet Force,
Air Training Corps or
Army Cadet Force are respectively controlled by their parent sections of the
Ministry of Defence). It is not a pre-service organisation, however a significant minority of its members do join the
Royal Navy or
Royal Marines.
Organisation
National level
The parent organisation of the SCC is
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets [1] but it is also sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (Navy). The governing body of the Corps is The Marine Society & Sea Cadets Council which is made up of the charity's trustees and representatives from the MoD.
The Commodore Sea Cadet Corps (CSC) is responsible to the Council for controlling and directing the Corps and for advising the Council on controlling the annual budget. The current Commodore is Captain Fry RN .
The Marine Society & Sea Cadet headquarters
[2] is based at 202 Lambeth Road, London.
HM The Queen is the Patron of the SCC and
HRH The Duke of York is the Admiral of the SCC.
Area level
The country is divided geographically into six areas which are Northern (also including Northern Ireland), North West, Eastern (including Malta), South West, Southern (including the Falkland Islands) and London. Each of these areas has its own headquarters and an Area Officer (AO) who is a Royal Navy Commander or, occasionally, a Royal Marine
Lieutenant Colonel. Each area also has a Deputy Area Officer (DAO), usually a retired Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commanderwith the exception of Southern who currently has a Major Royal Marines, as well as a Area Logistics Officer(ALO) who assist the AO. The Area Logistics Officer is in charge of stores and mustering unit's stores once a year. The job is open to Ex RN personel as well as civilians. Each area also has a Chaplain who are commissioned officers and wear the uniform of a Royal Australian Naval officer, but like chaplains in the British Royal Navy they do not wear a rank but, are equal to the highest ranking officer in the unit
District level
Each area is further subdivided into districts of between 5 and 12 units. In charge of each district is a District Officer (DO) who is normally a Sea Cadet Lieutenant Commander or Major. Each district also has a Assistant District Officer (ADO).
Activities
The activities of the Sea Cadet Corps include
sail training,
powerboating,
windsurfing and
dinghy sailing. Non-waterborne activities include drill (marching), physical training, cooking, shooting and communications,
first aid and engineering. However many more activities and courses are carried out:
★ Drill
★ Rifle Drill
★ Marine Engineering
★ Communications
★ Writer Stores
★ Meteorology
★ Kayaking
★ Pulling
★ Power Boating
★ Sailing
★ Physical Training
★ Cook Steward
★ Seamanship (rope work)
★ Full Bore (shooting)
★ Small Bore (shooting)
★ Piping (Boatswain Call)
National courses are also held, often on Royal Navy bases, to teach skills such as leadership and teamwork. Specialist qualification courses include powerboating in Scotland, cooking in Preston and firefighting in Cornwall.
The Sea Cadet training ship T.S. John Jerwood passes through Patch Bridge on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal (Gloucestershire), on its passage to the River Severn
The SCC owns and operates the
tall ship TS ''Royalist'', which is also the flagship of the Sea Cadet Corps. The SCC also owns a number of other training ships, such as
TS John Jerwood, and two yachts
Marine Cadets have the option to do the vast majority of courses available to Bluejacket cadets, however they also take part in more field based activities, which are tested in an Annual Field Assessment, where each detachment must perform a Section Attack.
There are competitions at the different levels in many of the profiencies and specializations
Membership
Cadets
Young people between the ages of 10 and 18 can join the SCC, as Sea Cadets, and complete part 1 training (Taskbooks) and part 2 training (specialization qualifications e.g., Seamanship and Writer/Stores). Every unit accepts female and male sea cadets. As with the Marine Cadet Detachments units need female staff to be able to have female cadets. If there is more than one female cadet, however, female staff are not needed. Some units have a Junior Cadet Section, for cadets aged between 10 and 12. Units may also have a Marine Cadet Detachment (based on the
Royal Marines) for young people between the ages of 13 and 18. Currently, not all marine detachments accept female marine cadets - lacking female Adult Staff however some do.
Adult staff
Officers, Senior Ratings and Civilian Instructors form the Adult staff. Officers appointed, on an honorary basis, into the
Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) or
Royal Marines Reserve (RMR). They have no operational commitments, and wear the distinctive insignia of the former
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). Ranks range from
Midshipman RNR (SCC) to
Lieutenant Commander RNR (SCC). Senior Ratings may hold ranks from Probationary
Petty Officer (SCC) to
Chief Petty Officer (SCC). Adult members, 18 to 55 (subject to Criminal Reference checks), may volunteer to become uniformed staff as opposed to Civilian Instructors.
Rank structure
Junior Sea Cadets
★ Junior Sea Cadet
★ Junior Sea Cadet First Class
★ Leading Junior Sea Cadet
'Bluejacket' cadets
★ New Entry (NE)
★ Cadet (CDT)
★ Ordinary Cadet (OC)
★ Able Cadet (AC)
★ Leading Cadet (LC)
★ Petty Officer Cadet (POCdt)
Marine Cadets
★ Recruit.
★ Marine Cadet
★ Marine Cadet Second Class (MC2)
★ Marine Cadet First Class (MC1)
★ Cadet Lance Corporal
★ Cadet Corporal
★ Cadet Sergeant
Adult staff SCC
★ Civilian Instructor or Trainee Instructor
★ Probationary Petty Officer (SCC)
★
Petty Officer (SCC)
★
Chief Petty Officer (SCC)
★
Warrant Officer (one per area, except northern)
★
Midshipman (SCC) RNR
★
Sub Lieutenant (SCC) RNR
★
Lieutenant (SCC) RNR
★
Lieutenant Commander (SCC) RNR
(Trainee Instructors have a commitment to go into uniform, whereas a Civilian Instructor doesn't have to, but can do.)
Adult staff MCD
★ Trainee Instructor/Civilian Instructor
★ Probationary Sergeant (SCC)
★
Sergeant (SCC)
★
Colour Sergeant (SCC)
★
Second Lieutenant (SCC) RMR
★
Lieutenant (SCC) RMR
★
Captain (SCC) RMR
★
Major (SCC) RMR
History of the Corps
The Sea Cadet Corps has one of the longest continuous histories of any youth organisation in the country, but it has evolved haphazardly. The Corps dates back to the
Crimean War (
1854-
1856) when sailors returning home from the campaign formed
Naval Lads' Brigades to help orphans in the back streets of sea ports.
The SCC in the UK can be traced back to the Kent port of
Whitstable where the first of the Naval Lads' Brigades was established. The success of the brigades in helping disadvantaged youth led to the formation of the Navy League, a national organisation with a membership of 250,000 dedicated to supporting the
Royal Navy, which subsequently adopted the Brigades in 1910.
★
1914
★
★ The Navy League applied to the
Admiralty for recognition of its 34
Boys' Naval Brigades. This was granted in 1919 subject to an annual efficiency inspection by an officer on the staff of the Admiral Commanding Reserves, and the title Navy League Sea Cadet Corps was adopted.
★
1937
★
★
Lord Nuffield gave £50,000 (over £2 million in today's money) to fund the relaunch and expansion of the Sea Cadet Corps.
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1939
★
★ At the start of World War II here were almost 100 Sea Cadet Units in the UK with more than 10,000 Cadets
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1940
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★ In June the Navy League purchased an old sailing vessel and renamed her
TS Bounty. She was fitted out to accommodate 40 Cadets. In July weekly courses started for Cadets from all Units. These ended in September and the ship closed down.
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1941
★
★ The shortage of visual and wireless ratings in the Royal Navy led to special three-week training courses being run on board TS Bounty for Sea Cadets, to qualify them more quickly for entry into the RN. This made good use of the training and skills they had already gained in the Cadets and meant a considerable saving in training time for the Admiralty.
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1942
★
★ The 1941 scheme had caught the Admiralty’s imagination. As a result, the Admiral Commanding Reserves took over the training role, HM King George VI became Admiral of the Corps, Officers were granted appointments in the RNVR and the Corps was renamed the Sea Cadet Corps. A huge expansion to 400 Units and 50,000 Cadets coincided in many towns with Warship Weeks, so the newly formed Unit took the same name as the adopted warship. The Admiralty now paid for uniforms, equipment, travel and training, while the Navy League funded sport and Unit headquarters.
★
★ In the same year, the
Girls' Nautical Training Corps was formed as part of the
National Association of Girls’ Corps, with Units mainly in southern England.
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1948
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★ The Sea Cadet Council was set up to govern the Corps, with membership from the Navy League and the Royal Navy, and a retired Captain took on the task of supervision, first as Secretary to the Council and later as Captain, Sea Cadet Corps.
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1955
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★ The Commandant General, Royal Marines asked permission to form a Marine Cadet Section that could be fitted into the existing organisation and the Council agreed to this. By 1964 the Section had expanded from the original five Detachments to 40. Today there are 98.
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1963
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★ The Girls' Nautical Training Corps became affiliated to the Sea Cadet Corps, in many cases sharing the same premises with local Units.
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1976
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★ The Navy League was renamed the Sea Cadet Association since support of the Sea Cadets and Girls’ Nautical Training Corps had become its sole aims.
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1980
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★ The admission of girls into the Sea Cadet Corps was approved and the Girls’ Nautical Training Corps ceased to exist as a separate body.
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2004
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★ In November the Sea Cadet Association merged with the world's oldest seafarers' charity
The Marine Society to form a new charity
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets.
Royal Navy Trafalgar 200
The TS ''Royalist'' during the
Trafalgar 200 international fleet review
United Kingdom Sea Cadets were strong supporters of
Trafalgar 200 and participated in many activities. A key role was played by the Sea Cadet Corps training ship TS Royalist during Son et Lumiere and the re-enactment of the Battle of Trafalgar, led by Grand Turk which played the part of
HMS Victory. TS Royalist cruised just off the
Southsea beach along with several other Tall Ships during a sabre rattling pre-battle display of power.
See also
★
The Marine Society
★
Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps
★
Air Training Corps
★
Army Cadet Force
★
Combined Cadet Force
★
Sea Scout
External references
★
Marine Society College of the Sea
★
Marine Society and Sea Cadets
★
Sea Cadet Corps
★
International Sea Cadet Association
★
UK Sea Cadet Forums - Online meeting Place for UK Sea Cadets with a wealth of information regarding The UK Sea Cadets
Links to SCC Area websites
★
Northern Area
★
North West Area
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Southern Area
★
South-West Area
★
Eastern Area
★
London Area
Links to SCC District websites
London Area
★
South East District
Northern Area
★ Tyne South District
★ Teesside District
★ Clyde North District
★ Clyde South District
★ Grampian District
★ Edinburgh District
★ Fife and Tayside District
North West Area
★ Wirral District Sea Cadets
★
Liverpool District
★
Manchester District
★
NorthWest Lancs District
★ Accrington and District Sea Cadets
★ Burnley
South West Area
★
Mercia District
★ Devon District
★ Cornwall District
★ Somerset and Dorset District
★ Avon District
★
Severn District
Warwickshire District
★ Cornwall District
★
South Wales District
★ West Wales District
Southern Area
★
Central District
★ East Kent District
★ Oxon Bucks District (Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire)
★ Surrey District
★
Sussex District
★ Wessex District
★
West Kent District
Links to SCC Unit websites
Northern Area
Gateshead Unit - TS Flamingo
Bangor, Co. Down Unit - TS Decoy
Hartlepool unit- TS Trincomalee
East Kilbride unit- TS Cunningham
North West Area
Birkenhead Unit, T.S. Blackcap Wirral District
Links
For more information about any of the units, follow the links below (if applicable) to the units website.
Liverpool District
★
Southport Unit - TS Active
★ TS Liverpool, West Derby.
★ TS Mersey
★ TS Conway
Manchester District
★
Bollington & Macclesfield SCC - TS Ardent
★
Middleton & Chadderton Unit - TS Tremadoc Bay
★
Stockport Sea Cadets - TS Hawkins
★
City Of Salford SCC - TS ILEX
★
Rochdale sea Cadets - TS Frobisher II
Cumbria District
★
Whitehaven Unit - TS Bee
South West Area
=
South Wales District=
★
Rhondda Unit
Avon District
★
Bath Unit - TS Avon
★
Bristol Adventure - TS Adventure
★
Chippenham Unit - TS Tiger
Severn District
★
Cheltenham Unit - TS Legion
★
Stroud Unit - TS Severn
★
Ross on WYe Unit - TS ROSS
★ Gloucester unit
★ Malvern unit
★ Tewksbury unit
★ Hereford unit
=
Mercia District=
★
Dudley Unit - TS Centaur
★
Walsall Unit - TS Vanguard
Warwickshire District
★
Rugby Unit - TS Tireless
★
Shirley & District Unit - TS Gamecock
Devon District
★
Exeter Unit - TS Exeter
★
Exmouth Unit - TS Exmouth
★
Plymouth (Drake) Unit - TS Golden Hind
★ Plymouth (Manadon) Unit - TS Manadon
★ Torbay Unit - TS Torbay
★ Barnstaple Unit T.S Valiant
★ Dartmouth Unit
★ Ilfracombe Unit
★
Teignmouth Unit - TS Teignmouth
★ Tiverton Unit
Southern Area
=
Central District=
★ Bognor Unit - T.S. Sir Alec Rose
★ Chichester Unit - T.S. Chichester
★ Cowes Unit - T.S. Osborne
★
Falkland Islands Unit - T.S. Endurance
★
Gosport Unit - T.S. Hornet
★ Littlehampton Unit - T.S. Sussex
★ Portsmouth Unit - T.S. Alamein
★ Ryde Unit - T.S. Royal George
★ Worthing Unit - T.S. Vanguard
East Kent District
★ Canterbury Unit - T.S. Courageous
★
Faversham Unit - T.S. Hazard
★ Herne Bay Unit - T.S. Triumph
★ Ramsgate Unit - T.S. Bulldog
★
Whitstable Unit - T.S. Vigilant
★ Folkestone Unit - T.S Invicta
★ Ashford Unit - T.S Churchill
★ Margate Unit - T.S Jamaica
★ Dover Unit - T.S Lynx
★ New Romney - T.S Veteran
Oxon Bucks (Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire) District
★
Abingdon Unit - T.S. Marlborough
★
Chiltern Unit- T.S. Arrow
★
High Wycombe Unit - T.S. Jaguar
★
Marlow Unit
★
Oxford Unit - T.S. Euryalus
=
Surrey District=
★ Camberley Unit
★
Caterham Unit - TS Zephyr
★
Crawley Unit - T.S. Cossack
★ Farnham Unit
★ Guildford Unit
★ Horsham Unit
★
Reigate Unit - T.S. Ark Royal
★
Staines & Egham Unit - T.S. Thamesis
★ Woking Unit
=
Sussex District=
★
Brighton Unit - T.S. Brighton
★ Eastbourne Unit
★
Hastings Unit- T.S. Hastings
★ Hove Unit
★ Lewes Unit
★ Newhaven Unit
★
Rye Unit - T.S. Rye
Wessex District
★
Bournemouth Unit
★ Christchurch Unit
★ Guernsey Unit
★ Jersey Unit
★ Parkstone Unit
★
Poole Unit - T.S. St. Barbara
★ Romsey Unit
★ Salisbury Unit
★
Southampton Unit - T.S. Southampton
★
Winchester Unit - T.S. Itchen
=
West Kent District=
★ Dartford Unit - T.S. Anson
★
Gravesend Unit - T.S. Lennox
★ Maidstone Unit - T.S. Scott
★
Medway Towns Unit - T.S. Cornwallis
★
Sheppey Unit - T.S. Kent
★ Sittingbourne Unit - T.S. Wyvern
★ Tunbridge Wells Unit - T.S. Brilliant
★ Westerham Unit - T.S. Gallant
Eastern Area
★
Thorne Unit - TS Gambia (South Yorkshire and Humberside District)
★
Sheffield Unit - TS Sheffield (South Yorkshire and Humberside District)
★
Worksop Unit - TS Bentinck (Trent District)
★
Leeds Unit - TS Ark Royal (West Yorkshire District)
★
Leicester Unit - TS Tiger (North Hants and Leicester District)
★
Peterbough Unit - TS Gildenburgh (Fens District)
★
St Albans Unit - TS St Albans (Herts District)
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