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

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. 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:

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Australian Navy Cadets The Australian Navy Cadets (ANC) is a voluntary youth organisation owned and sponsored by the Royal Australian Navy. Together with the Australian Air Force Cadets and Australian Army Cadets, it forms the Australian Defence Force Cadets. It host ...

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Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps The Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps (Dutch:'' Koninklijk Marine Kadettenkorps'', French:'' Corps Royal des Cadets de Marine'') is a Belgian non-profit youth organisation whose purpose is to stimulate teamwork and discipline in individuals from the a ...

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Navy League Wrennette Corps The Navy League Wrennette Corps was formed by the Navy League of Canada in 1950 as a cadet organisation for girls to complement the Navy League Cadet Corps of Canada. It had similar objectives to the boys' organisation, and taught girls seamanshi ...

Royal Canadian Sea Cadets The Royal Canadian Sea Cadets (RCSC; french: links=no, Cadets de la Marine royale du Canada) is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Armed Forces and the civilian Navy League of Canada. Administered by the Canadian Forces, t ...

Navy League Cadet Corps (Canada) The Navy League Cadet Corps (French: ''Corps de cadets de la Ligue navale'') was created by the Navy League of Canada for boys in 1948, and the Navy League Wrennette Corps was formed for girls in 1950. The Wrennette program no longer exists, since ...

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Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps is a youth organization based in Hong Kong and formed in 1968 by former Royal Naval Reserve officers by the creation of Hong Kong Law (Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ordinance) The HKSCC was linked to British Armed Forces' ...

* : Sea Cadet Corps (India) * : Junior Sea Friends' Federation of Japan * : Sea Explorers of Korea * : Sea Cadet Corps The Netherlands (''Zeekadetkorps Nederland'') * : **

New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps The New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps (also known as Navy Cadets, SCC, and Sea Cadets) is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Air Training Corps, and New Zealand Cadet Corps. It is a military-style training o ...

Sea Cadet Association of New Zealand The Sea Cadet Association of New Zealand traces its roots back to 1929 when the first open Sea Cadet unit was formed in Christchurch, by the Canterbury Navy League. Units formed in the four main centres and were controlled nationally by the Canterb ...

, the supporters group for the NZSCC * : Portugal Sea Cadet Corps (''Corpo de Cadetes do Mar de Portugal'') * : Sea Cadet Corps (Russia) * : Singapore National Cadet Corps (Sea) * : Sea Cadet Corps (South Africa) * : Swedish Sea Cadet Corps * : **

Girls' Nautical Training Corps The Girls' Naval Training Corps was formed as part of the National Association of Training Corps for Girls in 1942, with units mainly in Southern England. Its objective was congruent with that of the Sea Cadet Corps, teaching girls aged 14 to 20 ...

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 ...

(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 ** (

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps The Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps was created as a registered charity under the ''Bermuda Sea Cadet Association Act, 1968''. The first unit had actually been created two years earlier. History Despite Bermuda's historical maritime economy, and its lon ...

* : ** United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps ** Navy League Cadet Corps * ** Zimbabwe Sea Cadet Corps

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