Nautical Training Corps (NTC)

The Nautical Training Corps (NTC) is a National Maritime Training and Uniformed Youth Organisation based in the United Kingdom. The NTC was formed in 1943, and officially registered and recognised in 1944 by the founding Commodore, Cdre Frank Froest-Carr MBE NTC. At the time the NTC was established in order to provide opportunities for young people to become useful and worthy citizens within their communities across England, through learning and vocational training developed with the Merchant and Royal Navies. By participating in the corps programme, young people would be able to use their service time in the NTC to assist them in joining the armed forces. Units were inspected by the Royal Navy and training records were provided to the admiralty. After successive strategic defence reviews formal support from the Ministry of Defence, and the Royal Navy reduced, with the Ministry of Education picking up some of those support arrangements over time. In modern times, The Nautic...