Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps is a youth organization based in Hong Kong and formed in 1968 by former

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officers by the creation of Hong Kong Law (Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ordinance)Introduction of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps - History
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Sea Cadet Corps 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 s ...

. Since the handover in 1997, the HKSCC is mostly a government funded organisation and does not have any links to the People's Liberation Army Navy. It also receives financial support from

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and

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. Based at Diamond Hill, Kowloon, the 1800-strong HKSCC has 32 training units and two nautical centres (Stanley Bay and Sai Kung).

Rank & Rates

HKSCC adopts the ranking system from the

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and their

Sea Cadets 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 s ...

program:

Uniform

Officers, instructors and cadets wear dark navy berets (peaked, white caps for the instructors and officers), blue shirts, dark navy blue trousers and black boots named the Action Working Dress (AWD) during routine trainings. Its equivalent is the No.4AWD worn across the

. On occasions of ceremonial duties, parades or other public events they will wear white ( No.6) or blue ( No.1) dress uniforms in summer and winter respectively, similar to the

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worn by officers, senior and junior rates. Source
Uniforms of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps

Weapons

The Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ceremonial Guard parade out with the replica

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/ (known as SA80 in Royal Navy) rifle. In the past, they drilled with the Lee-Enfield L59A1 Drill Rifle but rarely do so today.

Facilities

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or TS are land base training units for the HKSCC around the territory. Some are named after Her Majesty's Ships of the Royal Navy. * TS Ark Royal - named after HMS Ark Royal * TS Brilliant - named after HMS Brilliant * TS Cornflower - named afte
HMS Cornflower
* TS Drake - named after HMS Drake * TS Eternity * TS Hero - named after HMS Hero * TS King Ling * TS Lightning - named after HMS Lightning * TS Ma Ko Pan * TS Mountbatten - named after Lord Louis Mountbatten, Former

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of the

* TS Nelson - named after HMS Nelson / Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson * TS Neptune - named after HMS Neptune * TS Royalist - named after HMS Royalist * TS Somerset - named after HMS Somerset * TS Unicorn - named after

HMS Unicorn Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Unicorn'', after the mythological creature, the unicorn: * was a 36-gun ship captured from Scotland in 1544 and sold in 1555. * was a 56-gun ship launched in 1634 and sold in 1687. * (o ...

* TS York - named after

HMS York Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''York'' after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse. *, 52-gun launched 1654 as ''Marston Moor''; renamed ''York'' upon the Restoration 1660; ran aground and wreck ...

Training Centres * Administration Headquarters, Diamond Hill, Kowloon * Jubilee Centre, Stanley, Hong Kong Island * Tang Shiu Kin Nautical Centre, Sai Kung, New Territories Training Launch * Supertee Disbanded Units * TS Anson - named after

HMS Anson Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Anson'', after Admiral George Anson: * , a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773. * , a 6-gun cutter that was constructed by the French as ''L'Iroquois'' in 1759. T ...

* TS Collingwood - named after

HMS Collingwood Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Collingwood'', after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood: * , an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, a ...

* TS Courageous - named after HMS Courageous * TS Chatham - named after HMS Chatham * TS Rodney - named after HMS Rodney * TS Swallow - named after HMS Swallow (P242) * TS Talent - named after HMS Talent * TS Victory - named after

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* TS Zulu - named after HMS Zulu

Awards

Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps issues their own awards to their members and are not part of the government issued

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. The medals and clasps are modelled after the ones awarded by the

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: * Outstanding Cadet(s) of the Year *

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* Cadet Force Medal (before 1997) * Hong Kong Sea Cadet Force Medal

References

External links

Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Official WebsiteTS Ark Royal (HKSCC)TS Lightning (HKSCC)
{{Hong Kong cadets Youth organisations based in Hong Kong Naval Cadet organisations Military of Hong Kong under British rule