The Girls' Nautical Training Corps was formed as part of the

National Association of Training Corps for Girls The National Association of Training Corps for Girls (initially the ''National Association of Girls' Training Corps'') was formed in the United Kingdom in 1942 by the then Board of Education (United Kingdom), Board of Education. It was the umbrel ...

in 1942, with units mainly in

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. Its objective was congruent with that of the

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, teaching girls aged 14 to 20 the same

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skills as the SCC taught the boys, in preparation for service with the

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. The Girls' Naval Training Corps numbered 50 Units in 1952, and in the late 1950s changed their name to the ''Girls' Nautical Training Corps''. Lady Pamela Mountbatten was Corps Commandant of the GNTC from around 1952 to around 1959. The GNTC became a colleague organisation with the Sea Cadet Corps in 1963, often sharing facilities such as

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(then also known as

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). The GNTC became a full member of the Sea Cadet Organisation in March 1980, when the

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approved the admission of girls into the Sea Cadets, this led to a name change to Girls Nautical Training Contingent. This continued until 1992 when the organisation was absorbed, and all girls became members of the Sea Cadet Corps. NATCG

External links

Royal Naval Museum Fact Sheet 106 - the Navy League

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