Sea cadets

Ensign of the Sea Cadets Corps in the United Kingdom

Sea cadets are members of a sea cadet corps, a formal uniformed youth organisation for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or a naval supporter's organisation. In the United Kingdom, sea cadets are governed by the parent charity MSSC (Marine Society & Sea Cadets) and receives just over half of its funding from the Ministry of Defence. The Royal Navy is its principal supporter, but it is not a pre-service organisation and works in partnerships with the broader maritime community as well. The various organisations are listed in alphabetical order of their nation.

Sea cadet organisations exist in most of the maritime nations of the world. As described by the International Sea Cadet Association:

A Sea cadet corps or corresponding organisation is a voluntary, non-political and non-militant youth organisation, with membership unrestricted by race, sex or philosophical or religious convictions, which offers practical and theoretical training in nautical and maritime subjects within the context based on naval traditions.

— International Sea Cadet Association

Organisations

• Australia:
  • Australian Navy Cadets formed from the Australian Naval Reserve Cadet Corps and the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps
  • Navy League Sea Cadet Corps
• Belgium: Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps
• Canada:
  • Navy League Wrennette Corps
  • Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
  • Navy League Cadet Corps (Canada)
• Germany:
  • National cadets of Germany
• Hong Kong: Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps
• India: Sea Cadet Corps (India)
• Japan: Junior Sea Friends' Federation of Japan
• South Korea: Sea Explorers of Korea
• Netherlands: Sea Cadet Corps The Netherlands (Zeekadetkorps Nederland)
• New Zealand:
  • New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps
  • Sea Cadet Association of New Zealand, the supporters group for the NZSCC
• Portugal: Portugal Sea Cadet Corps (Corpo de Cadetes do Mar de Portugal)
• Russia: Sea Cadet Corps (Russia)
• Singapore: Singapore National Cadet Corps (Sea)
• South Africa: Sea Cadet Corps (South Africa)
• Sweden: Swedish Sea Cadet Corps
• United Kingdom:
  • Girls' Nautical Training Corps
  • Sea Cadets (Formally known as the "Sea Cadet Corps" in the UK, the first such named organisation in the world. Renamed and re-branded to "Sea Cadets" in 2011)
  • Marine Society & Sea Cadets – parent charity of the Sea Cadet Corps, following the merger of the Sea Cadet Association and the Marine Society
  • Bermuda (British Overseas Territory): Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps
• United States:
  • United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
  • Navy League Cadet Corps
• Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe Sea Cadet Corps

See also

• Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Sea scouts