The SCC: How it started

The History of the SCC can be traced back to the Crimean War when sailors who returned from the campaign started up Naval Lads brigades to help orphans in the sea ports. The first of these was formed in the Kent port of Whitstable and so this is where the SCC originated

The Brigades were so succesful in helping dissadvantaged children that the Navy League adopted them in 1910 and, 4 years later, with the support of the Admiralty the Sea Cadet Corps was formed.

Sea Cadets have served in both world wars, in WW2 the corps provided communicators for the Fleet and their units recieved a 'bounty' for every trained signalman who went to sea. This led the the nickname of 'Bounty Boys' being assigned to the cadets.

Today the Sea Cadets continue to grow with 400 units nation-wide and a total of 16,000 Cadets aged between 10 and 18.