Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps
Encyclopedia
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
' Combined Cadet Force
and Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)
. Since the handover in 1997, the HKSCC is mostly a government funded organization and does not have any links to the People's Liberation Army Navy
. It also receives financial support from Hong Kong Jockey Club
and The Community Chest of Hong Kong
.
Based in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, the 1800 strong HKSCC has 30 training units and two nautical centres (Stanley Bay and Sai Kung).
and their Sea Cadet program:
Junior Rates \ Cadets
Senior Rates \ Instructors
Junior Officers
Senior Officers
Source: Ranks & Ratings of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps
worn by officers, senior and junior rates respectively.
L85A1
/ known as SA80 in Royal Navy rifle.
Training Centres
Training Launch
Disbanded Units
. The medals and clasps are modelled after the ones awarded by the Royal Navy
:
Royal Naval Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
officers by the creation of Hong Kong Law (Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Ordinance)
The HKSCC was linked to British Armed Forces
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
' Combined Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
and Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)
Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)
The Sea Cadet Corps is a UK national youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Navy and open to young people between the ages of 10-18 years old. The SCC is the UK's largest Naval Cadet Force with over 30,000 cadets and adult volunteers...
. Since the handover in 1997, the HKSCC is mostly a government funded organization and does not have any links to the People's Liberation Army Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...
. It also receives financial support from Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, founded in 1884 to promote horse racing. It was granted Royal Charter and renamed to "The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club" in 1959...
and The Community Chest of Hong Kong
The Community Chest of Hong Kong
The Community Chest of Hong Kong is an independent, non-profit organisation. It was established on 8 November 1968 in Hong Kong. As one of the most important charities in Hong Kong, The Community Chest serves as an umbrella organisation to provide grants to a wide range of community projects...
.
Based in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, the 1800 strong HKSCC has 30 training units and two nautical centres (Stanley Bay and Sai Kung).
Rank & Rates
HKSCC adopts the ranking system from the Royal NavyRoyal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
and their Sea Cadet program:
Junior Rates \ Cadets
- New Entry
- Junior Cadet
- Ordinary Cadet
- Able Cadet
- Leading Cadet
Senior Rates \ Instructors
- Acting Petty Officer
- Petty OfficerPetty OfficerA petty officer is a non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-6. They are equal in rank to sergeant, British Army and Royal Air Force. A Petty Officer is superior in rank to Leading Rate and subordinate to Chief Petty Officer, in the case of the British Armed...
- Chief Petty OfficerChief Petty OfficerA chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.-Canada:"Chief Petty Officer" refers to two ranks in the Canadian Navy...
Junior Officers
- MidshipmanMidshipmanA midshipman is an officer cadet, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Kenya...
- Sub-LieutenantSub-LieutenantSub-lieutenant is a military rank. It is normally a junior officer rank.In many navies, a sub-lieutenant is a naval commissioned or subordinate officer, ranking below a lieutenant. In the Royal Navy the rank of sub-lieutenant is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant in the British Army and of...
- LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
- Lieutenant CommanderLieutenant CommanderLieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...
Senior Officers
- CommanderCommanderCommander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
- CaptainCaptain (naval)Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
Source: Ranks & Ratings of the Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps
Uniform
Officers, instructors and cadets wear dark navy berets, blue shirts, dark navy blue trousers and black boots namely Action Working Dress (AWD) during routine trainings. In occasion of parades or other public events they will wear white (summer) or blue (winter) dress uniforms similar to the Royal Navy uniformRoyal Navy uniform
The uniforms of the Royal Navy have evolved gradually since the first uniform regulations for officers were issued in 1748. The predominant colours of Royal Navy uniforms are navy blue and white...
worn by officers, senior and junior rates respectively.
Weapons
The Hong Kong Sea Cadet Ceremonial Guard parade out with the EnfieldRoyal Small Arms Factory
The Royal Small Arms Factory was a UK government-owned rifle factory in the London Borough of Enfield in an area generally known as the Lea Valley. The factory produced British military rifles, muskets and swords from 1816...
L85A1
SA80
The SA80 is a British family of 5.56mm small arms. It is a selective fire, gas-operated assault rifle. SA80 prototypes were trialled in 1976 and production was completed in 1994....
/ known as SA80 in Royal Navy rifle.
Facilities
Training Ships 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 RoyalHMS Ark RoyalFive ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:*Ark Royal , the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588., merchant ship, converted to an aircraft carrier during World War I, British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 that participated in World War II...
- TS Brilliant - named after HMS BrilliantHMS BrilliantNine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brilliant.* HMS Brilliant was a prize sloop taken in 1696 and sold in 1698.* HMS Brilliant was a sloop in service in 1729....
- TS Drake - named after HMS DrakeHMS DrakeNineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake: was a 16-gun ship launched in 1653 and sold in 1691. was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked later that year. was a 2-gun yacht launched in 1705. She was...
- TS Eternity
- TS King Ling
- TS Lau Wing Sang
- TS Lightning - named after HMS LightningHMS LightningTen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.*The first Lightning was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1691 and captured by the French in 1705....
- TS Ma Ko Pan
- TS Mountbatten - named after Lord Louis Mountbatten, Former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy
- TS Nelson - named after HMS NelsonHMS NelsonThree ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nelson in honour of Horatio Nelson: was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1814. She was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 90 guns in 1860, and was handed over to the government of the Dominion of Victoria, Australia, in 1867...
/ AdmiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
Lord Horatio Nelson - TS Neptune - named after HMS NeptuneHMS NeptuneNine ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean: was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS Torbay in her new incarnation as a third rate in 1750. She was sold in 1784. was a...
- TS Royalist - named after HMS RoyalistHMS RoyalistSeveral ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:* HMS Royalist , . Built in 1807, at Sandwich, a Cruizer class brig sloop which had an active career during the Napoleonic Wars. Sold in 1819....
- TS Somerset - named after HMS SomersetHMS SomersetHMS Somerset is the name of four ships of the Royal Navy* The first HMS Somerset of 1698* The second HMS Somerset of 1731* The third HMS Somerset of 1748...
- TS York - named after HMS YorkHMS YorkNine 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.*HMS York was a 52-gun Speaker class frigate launched in 1654 as Marston Moor. She was renamed York upon the Restoration in 1660...
Training Centres
- Administration Headquarters, Diamond Hill, Kowloon
- Jubilee Centre, Stanley, Hong Kong Island
- TSK Nautical Centre, Sai Kung, New Territories
Training Launch
- Supertee
Disbanded Units
- TS Anson - named for HMS AnsonHMS AnsonSeven ships 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 purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774., a 64-gun third rate launched in 1781, cut down around 1794 to a large frigate of 44 guns and wrecked in...
- TS Cornflower
- TS Collingwood -named for HMS CollingwoodHMS CollingwoodThree ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood....
- TS Courageous -named for HMS CourageousHMS CourageousHMS Courageous or Courageux may refer to one of several ships of the Royal Navy:, a 74-gun ship of the line captured from the French on 13 Aug 1761, and wrecked on the coast of Morocco 19 Dec 1796., or Courageuse, was a 32-gun sailing frigate captured from the French in June 1799...
- TS Chatham -named for HMS ChathamHMS ChathamFifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.*HMS Chatham was a galliot captured in 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and given away in 1667....
- TS HWTI-Victory
- TS Rodney -named for HMS RodneyHMS RodneySix ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, at least the last five after Admiral George Brydges Rodney. A seventh was planned but never completed:...
- TS Swallow - named for HMS Swallow (P242)LÉ Ciara (P42)LÉ Ciara is a in the Irish Naval Service. Like the rest of her class, she was originally designed for use by the British Royal Navy in Hong Kong waters, and was delivered in 1984 by Hall, Russell & Company as HMS Swallow . She passed to the Irish Naval Service in 1988 and was commissioned under...
- TS Talent - named for HMS TalentHMS TalentThree submarines of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Talent:* HMS Talent , a T class submarine transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy as RNLMS Zwaardvisch in 1943....
- TS Victory - named for HMS VictoryHMS VictoryHMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....
- TS Zulu - named for HMS ZuluHMS ZuluThree ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Zulu, after the African Zulu people:, a 1905 Tribal destroyer that served in World War I., launched in 1937, a 1936 Tribal-class destroyer that served in World War II., launched in 1962, a Tribal class frigate....
Awards
Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps issues their own awards to their members and are not part of the government issued Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong KongOrders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong
The existing Hong Kong honours system was created after transfer of government of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China as a special administrative region in 1997...
. The medals and clasps are modelled after the ones awarded by the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
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- Best Cadet of the Year
- Best Unit of the Year
- Cadet Forces Medal (before 1997)
- Hong Kong Sea Cadet Forces Medal
- Hong Kong Sea Cadet Forces Long Service Medal