Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps
Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps (BSCC) | |
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Founded | 1966 |
Country | Bermuda (UK) |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Volunteer Youth Organisation |
Size | 3 Training Ships (shore stations) |
Headquarters Unit | TS Bermuda |
Motto(s) | Ready Aye Ready |
Website | TS Bermuda TS Admiral Somers TS Venture |
Commanders | |
Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Reserve (Sea Cadet Corps) | Lieutenant Commander Michael Frith, RNR (SCC) |
Notable commanders | Commander A.J. Boyd, RN ; Lieutenant Commander J. Derek Taylor, RNR (SCC); Lieutenant Commander William Anthony Lightbourne, RNR (SCC); Lieutenant Commander Dwayne Trott, RNR (SCC). |
The Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps was created in 1966 and registered as a charity under the Bermuda Sea Cadet Association Act, 1968. The first unit had actually been created two years earlier.
History
Despite
Organisation and Training
The Executive Council of the Corps is responsible for the overall sponsorship, financing, support and administration of the Corps. While the Council members are not uniformed personnel, many members over the years have been retired naval officers, including former Presidents of the BSCA Captain Sir David Tibbits, RN, DSC,[6][7][8] and Captain Gilbert Hallam, RN.[9]
TS Bermuda, the first unit opened, is nominally the Headquarters unit. Each unit has its own Management Committee, responsible for raising funds for the unit's expenses. All officers in the Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps are members of the Royal Naval Reserve, and their names are followed by "RNR (SCC)".
Before the Royal Naval Base on Ireland Island,
Uniform
The Corps wears the cold water Royal Navy ceremonial uniform, of Navy blue trousers and jerseys (differentiated by Sea Cadet Corp shoulder titles worn above rating badges at the top of the sleeves). A white square-front shirt and white crowned caps (originally part of the tropical uniform, but now worn by the Royal Navy with the cold water uniform) is also used. Whereas the Royal Navy staff of HMS Malabar had worn tropical uniform (white shorts, square-front shirt, and cap) during the summer months, the Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps wears the cold water uniform in shirt-sleeve order. The working uniform is the No. 8 Dress, composed of blue shirt and darker blue trousers, Navy blue pullover sweater and Navy blue beret with "Sea Cadet Corps" badge (although this badge with the addition of the word "Bermuda" is used on some signs, it is not an item of uniform). Rating badges in red are worn on dark blue cloth slides on the shoulders of this uniform, which are also marked "SCC". The guards of the units wear whitened 1937 Pattern belts with brass furniture and anklets.
Cadet rating' badges
Sea Cadets Corps |
No insignia | |||||||||||
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Petty Officer Cadet |
Leading Cadet |
Able Cadet | Ordinary Cadet | Cadet 1st Class |
Cadet | New Entry | ||||||
POC | LC | AC | OC | CFC | CDT | NE
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Royal Marines Cadets (Part of the SCC) |
No insignia | No insignia | ||||||||||
Cadet Sergeant |
Cadet Corporal |
Cadet Lance Corporal |
Marine Cadet | Recruit | ||||||||
CDT SGT | CDT CPL | CDT LCPL | MC | RCT |
Junior Sea Cadets Corps |
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Leading Junior Cadet |
Able Junior Cadet |
Junior Cadet First Class |
Junior Cadet |
LJC | AJC | JCFC | JC |
Adult Officers rank badges
Sea Cadet Corps officers | Captain (SCC) RNR | Commander (SCC) RNR | Lieutenant Commander (SCC) RNR
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Lieutenant (SCC) RNR | Sub-Lieutenant (SCC) RNR
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Midshipman (SCC) RNR |
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Insignia |
Sea Cadet Unit Officers (NCOs) | Warrant Officer 1 (SCC) RNR | Warrant Officer 2 (SCC) RNR | Chief Petty Officer | Petty Officer | Probationary Petty Officer | Civilian Instructor |
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Rank Slide |
Weapons
Each unit holds Lee-Enfield No. 4, Mk. I and No. 4, Mk. II rifles, deactivated for drill purpose only (any training in marksmanship is done with the Royal Bermuda Regiment using borrowed rifles). Edged weapons used for ceremonial duties include the No. 9, MkI Bayonet (used with the No. 4 rifle), and Royal Naval pattern swords and dirks for use by officers.
Gallery
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TS Venture, on Ireland Island
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TS Bermuda at Admiralty House
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TS Admiral Somers at Convict Bay
References
- ^ "Bermuda (St. George's)". www.sea-cadets.org. Sea Cadet Corps. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "History: 1966 (first colonial unit, TS Bermuda, formed)". www.sea-cadets.org. Sea Cadet Corps. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Sea Cadet Corps Unit Planned by RN Assn". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 30 May 1964. p. 11.
The Royal Naval Association is to form the Colony's first Sea Cadet Corps.
- ^ "Sea Cadet Corps". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 13 January 1966. p. 4.
- ^ "After Annual Admiralty Inspection...High Praise for Local Sea Cadet Unit". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 10 April 1967. p. 9.
Commander A. J. Boyd, Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Malabar, made the first annual Admiralty inspection of the Bermuda Sea Cadets in a short ceremony at the Mariners Club on Friday night.
- ^ "Sailor, war veteran Sir David Tibbits dies at 92". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ The Telegraph: Captain Sir David Tibbits obituary
- ^ The Times: Captain Sir David Tibbits obituary
- ^ The Royal Gazette: Obituary of Captain Kenneth Gilbert Ross Hallam
- ^ The Royal Gazette: Lieutenant Commander Dwayne Trott, RNR (SCC) hands over sea cadets helm. 23 March, 2016
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