| Sea Scouts | |||
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| Owner | The Scout Association | ||
| Age range | 10½–14 | ||
| Headquarters | Gilwell Park | ||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Founded | July 1909 | ||
| Founder | Warington Baden-Powell | ||
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| Website http://scouts.org.uk/scouts | |||
The Scout Association's Sea Scouts are a branch of the association dedicated to boating and water-based activities such as sailing, canoeing, motorboating and water navigation. The association approved a special uniform for Sea Scouts in 1910 and, in 1912, the association formally adopted use of the name "Sea Scouts".[1] Specialist Sea Scout troops have existed ever since.[2] They are usually based by the side of water, either the sea, lake, river or canal.[3]
Sea Scouts may be organised as Sea Scout Groups, where there is a nautical focus for all sections offered by the group, or as individual Sea Scout troops within a larger group that may not share the same nautical focus. In a Sea Scout Group, only the members in Sea Scout troops (10½-14 years of age) and Sea Explorer units (14–18 years of age) wear a different uniform and follow a more nautical focus within the current Scout programme while younger members, in the Squirrel (4-6 years of age), Beaver (6–8 years of age) and Cub (8-10½ years of age) sections, follow the same programme and wear the same uniform as non-Sea Scout Scout Groups. With the exception of Air Scouts, Sea Scouts are the only part of the association that wears hats as part of their official uniform.[4]
- ^ Masini, Roy (2007). "A Short History of Sea Scouting in the United Kingdom". Retrieved 2009-01-17.
- ^ "The Passing Years: Milestones in the progress of Scouting" (PDF). members.scouts.org.uk. The Scout Association. August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Blackman, Sophie, ed. (2019). Scouts: The stories that built a movement (1 ed.). London: Studio Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9781787415546.
- ^ "Policy, Organisation and Rules: 10. Uniform, badges and emblems". scouts.org.uk. The Scout Association. Retrieved 24 February 2023.