![]() ![]() Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The integration of girls into the Sea Cadet Corps was successful and because of this, in 1992, the Girls Nautical Training Corps ceased to exist. On the 31st of March 1980, the Ministry of Defence approved the admission of girls into the Sea Cadet Corps. The Girls Nautical Training Corps became affiliated with the Sea Cadet Corps in 1963. In 1955 the Sea Cadet Council agreed to the formation of the Marine Cadet Section. In 1952 Queen Elizabeth II became the Patron of the Sea Cadets. The Sea Cadets had approximately 400 Units and 50,000 Cadets. The Girls Naval Training Corps was formed as well (later renamed Girls Nautical Training Corps in 1950). King George VI became the Admiral of the Corps in 1942 and the name was changed to the Sea Cadet Corps. ![]() īy the outbreak of World War II, there were 100 Units across the UK with more than 10,000 Cadets. ![]() Lord Nuffield in 1937 donated £50,000 to fund an expansion of the Corps. In 1919 the name Navy League Sea Cadet Corps was adopted. The Navy League in 1910 sponsored a small number of units as the Navy League Boys' Naval Brigade. Gaining recognition, in 1899 Queen Victoria presented £10 (around £1,000 today) to the Windsor Unit to purchase uniforms. Back then the organisation was known as the Naval Lads' Brigade with sailors teaching orphans nautical skills to help them find careers in the future. This led to multiple other orphanages being set up across the country. In 1854 a Vicar in Whitstable, Kent, returning from the Crimean War noticed many local orphans on the street, he set up an orphanage encouraging sailors to form a group to help them. Cadets follow a similar ethos, training plan, and rank structure, to the Royal Navy, and are recognised by the UK Ministry of Defence. It has over 400 units across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta and Bermuda all run by 9,000 volunteers. The Sea Cadet Corps is a national youth charity, working with 15,000 young people between 10 and 18 years old across the UK. Commander John Edwards, RNR (SCC), two other officers, and the Guard of TS Admiral Somers parade at Ordnance Island, Bermuda for the completion of Dodge Morgan's record-breaking circumnavigation of the world aboard the American Promise on 11 April, 1986. ![]()
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