Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)
| Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) | |
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| Founded | 1856 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Type | Volunteer Youth Organisation |
| Size | 5 vessels 14,100 Cadets 5,210 Cadet Force Adult Volunteers |
| Headquarters | MSSCHQ |
| Patron | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Motto(s) | Ready Aye Ready |
| Ships | TS Royalist TS Vigilant TS City Liveryman TS John Jerwood TS Jack Petchey |
| Website | Sea Cadet Corps |
| Commanders | |
| Captain | Captain Philip Russell MA MSc CEng CMarEng FIMarEST MRINA Royal Navy |
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| Ensign |  |
The Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy. The SCC is the United Kingdom's largest naval cadet force, with over 19,500 cadets and cadet force adult volunteers. Cadets follow similar rates and ranks, traditions, values and ethos as their parent service, the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines. Whilst the SCC is not a pre-service organisation, a significant minority of former Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets do go on to join the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and other branches of the British Armed Forces.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Prince of Wales are the patrons of the Sea Cadet Corps, while HRH The Duke of York is the Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps.
I promise to serve my God, the Queen, my Country and the Sea Cadet Corps and to obey the orders of my superior officers. I will be proud of my uniform, be smart and seamanlike in wearing it, and always do my duty.
Said by the New Entry, in front of the whole ship's company, before being promoted to Cadet.
The Sea Cadet Corps has one of the longest continuous histories of any youth organisation in the country. 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.
1899 Queen Victoria gave the Windsor unit £10 to purchase uniforms (officially the birthday of the Corps)
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.
At a National level the Sea Cadets Headquarters (MSSCHQ) are based in South London at 202 Lambeth Road, SE1 7JW. This is where all decision on policy or national regulation are made. Sea Cadet Headquarters is home to the Captain of the Sea Cadets (CSC) who is currently Captain Philip Russell RN. He is also the Director of Operations for the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC). The MSSC assist in the running of the Sea Cadet Corps in a similar way to that of the MOD for the Royal Navy.
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