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Sea Scouting
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Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, learn navigation, learn how to work on engines and compete in regattas. Sea Scouts often have distinctive uniforms. In some countries or Scout organisations, Sea Scouting is a programme just for older Scouts. Sea scouts is also the 2nd oldest Scout branch.

History

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A coast-watching Sea Scout signals to a British warship during the First World War.
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A demonstration by Netherlands Sea Scouts at the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Greece, 1963.
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US Sea Scout leaders in 2013

One of the earliest records of "Sea Scouts" is in Chums magazine which refers to "Sea Scouts" as early as July 1909.[1] These Sea Scouts were part of the Chums Scouts and British Boy Scouts. [citation needed]

Also in the Chums magazine, the British Boys Naval Brigade, later National Naval Cadets, were subtitled 'Scouts of the Sea' from the 14 July 1909 edition and, from the 28 July 1909 edition, 'Sea Scouts of the Empire'.[2] The British Boy Scouts and an original company of The National Naval Cadets were both headquartered in Battersea, London, and the 'boys' newspaper Chums was the official journal of both.The National Naval Cadets affiliated with the British Boy Scouts as part of its Sea Scouts.[citation needed]

Later, Sea Scouts were introduced within the Baden-Powell Boy Scouts organization. In the first edition of Scouting for Boys, Robert Baden-Powell mentioned that "a Scout should be able to manage a boat, to bring it properly alongside a ship or pier....". In December 1908, the first Seamanship badge was issued as one of the first 'Efficiency' badges.[3] A camp for Scouts was held at Bucklers Hard, Hampshire in August 1909 at which boating activities were a focus. In 1911, Baden-Powell wrote the booklet Sea Scouting for Boys. Warington Baden-Powell[4] wrote Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys in 1912, with a foreword by Robert Baden-Powell. A special uniform for Sea Scouts was approved in 1910 and, in 1912, the name "Sea Scouts" was officially adopted within Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Association.[5]

Sea Scouting found its way to the rest of the world. In many organisations a Sea Scout troop or group has a special name, in the Boy Scouts of America it is called a ship,[citation needed] and they are sometimes referred to as "Puddle pirates".[6]

Around the world

Country Membership Troops/Groups Age group See also
Argentina 2 6-21 http://gruposcoutnavalesalteg-brown.webnode.es/ Script error: No such module "webarchive".
Australia 92 6–26
Austria 4 10–20 Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs
Bahamas
Bangladesh 3,500 30 14–25 [1] Script error: No such module "webarchive".
Barbados
Belgium 3,100 27 6–18
Brazil 5,315 102 6.5–21 [2]
Bulgaria at least 1
Canada 25 11–26 [3] Script error: No such module "webarchive".
Croatia 7
Cyprus 9
Czech Republic 4,016 166 above 5 Czech Sea Scouts Headquarters[7]
Denmark 3,800
Egypt [4]
Finland[8] 9,000 100 Above 7
France 2,500
Germany 12
Gibraltar 1
Greece 4,000 above 7 Soma Hellinon Proskopon (Boy Scouts)
Soma Hellinikou Odigismou (co-ed Guides)
Hong Kong 11–20
Hungary 6 above 12 https://vizicserkesz.hu
Iceland 1
India 250000 115 12–26 https://www.seascoutsindia.com
Indonesia 4 14-20 Satuan Karya (Saka) Bahari
Ireland[9] 3,944 29 6–26 Sea Scouts (Scouting Ireland)
Israel[10] 1,000 8 10–18 Israel Sea Scouts Website Script error: No such module "webarchive".
Italy 500 30
Latvia 50 1 7–18
Lithuania 300 13 8–29 Lithuanian Scouting Sea Scouts [5]
Malaysia at least 20 12–19
Monaco 1
Montenegro
Netherlands[11] 2,167 300 7–11 Scouting Nederland
5,401 10–15
1,395 14–17
2,000 17–23
New Zealand 2,000 60 10–15.5 Sea Scouts New Zealand
Norway 2,000 26 6-25
Pakistan 200
Poland (01-01-2007) 295 (159g+136b) 175 6–9
669 (366g+303b) 10–12
910 (442g+351b) 13–15
735 (392f+343m) 16–18
225 (89f+163m) 19–25
~475 leaders
Philippines 10–17
Pitcairn Island 1
Portugal 1500 18 6–22 https://maritimos.escutismo.pt/
Romania 100 2
Serbia
Singapore 12–24 Singapore Sea Scouts
Slovakia 6 Vodný skauti
South Africa[12] 20 11–18
Spain 2
Sweden 7,000 80 8-25
Switzerland[13] 130 1 >6 Pfadibewegung Schweiz
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago 1,893 18 11–21
Turkey
United Kingdom 10,000 401 10–14 Sea Scouts (The Scout Association)
14–18
United States 15,000 13–21 Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
Girl Scouts of the USA

Eurosea seminars

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A sailboat of Sea Scouts of Greece sailing from Zea marina

Eurosea is the seminar for Sea Scouting/Guiding in the European Scout Region which take place every two or three years. The aims and objectives are to enable national associations to share ideas and experiences on how to develop Sea Scouting/Guiding or water-based programmes in general. Participants are members of national or regional teams responsible for Sea Scouting/Guiding or developing water-based programmes and representatives from associations interested in introducing Sea Scouting/Guiding.

Loss of vessels

  • 4 August 1912 – eight Boy Scouts from the 2nd Walworth (Dulwich Mission)[17] group and another boy drowned in capsize of a cutter off Leysdown-on-Sea, Kent, England. The boat was carrying twenty-three Scouts from Erith to a camp at Leysdown.
  • 27 October 1913 – three Scouts and an assistant leader drowned and eleven Scouts were saved when the ketch Mirror was hit by the steamer Hogarth (1231 tons) while tacking across the river. Mirror had been a gift of the Daily Mirror newspaper to the Scouts.[18]
  • In August 1950 – all ten Scouts on board were killed when the Wangle III, owned by 1st Mortlake Sea Scouts was lost on a return voyage from France.[5][19]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Chums, vd. e.g. 14 July 1909 p879, 21 July 1909 p888, 28 July 1909 p921.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chums". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Early History of Sea Scouting" (PDF). "Johnny" Walker's Scouting Milestones pages. April 3, 2012. pp. 1–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Warington Baden-Powell, K.C., an Admiralty lawyer, sailor, inventor of canoe sailing and author of Canoe Travelling: Log of a Cruise on the Baltic, and Practical Hints on Building and Fitting Canoes London, Smith, Elder, 1871.
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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Penrith, Mark (July 23, 2009). "So Mark, fundamentally, what do you believe? Part 2 of 5". crystalparkbaptistchurch.co.za. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Czech Sea Scouts Headquarters. "Czech Sea Scouts Headquarters (HKVS)".
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  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Unikum unter den Schweizer Pfadfindern feiert Jubiläum" (in Deutsch). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
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  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."EUROSEA 2020 GREECE". seascouts.eu. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."EUROSEA 2024 Znojmo". eurosea.skauting.cz. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Boy Scouts Gazette". The Sunday Times. Sydney. 29 December 1912. p. 28. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Four Sea Scouts Drowned". Geelong Advertiser. Vic. 28 October 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.GB Board of Trade; SCC Libraries (1951-03-19). "Wreck report for 'Wangle III', 1951". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sea Scout Ship Odyssey".

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