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Revision as of 20:56, 16 December 2014

Captain Arthur Lindesay Cay, Royal Navy (31 January, 1869 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War. In command of H.M.S. Invincible at the Battle of Jutland, he was killed when his ship sank.

Life & Career

Cay entered the Navy as a cadet in 1882. He took four Firsts in his Lieutenancy exams.

Cay was promoted to the rank of Commander on 26 June, 1902.[1]

As Commander Cay joined H.M.S. King Edward VII to commission her at Portsmouth, and left on 4 March, 1907. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1907.[2]

He was appointed command of the battleship Prince George on 15 November, 1907.[3]

He served as captain of the armoured cruiser Leviathan from April 1909 until February of 1911.[4]

On 11 April, 1911 Cay was appointed to Impregnable as Flag Captain to Sir William May, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and was superseded on 30 March, 1913. On 19 April he was appointed to command the light cruiser Achilles in the Second Cruiser Squadron.[5]

He was appointed command of the battlecruiser Invincible on 19 February, 1915, losing his life aboard her at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May, 1916.

Bibliography

Service Record


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
The Hon. Robert F. Boyle 		Captain of H.M.S. Prince George
15 Nov, 1907[6] – 16 Nov, 1908[7] 		Succeeded by
Herbert J. Savill
Preceded by
Edward M. Phillpotts 		Captain of H.M.S. Euryalus
8 Feb, 1909[8] – 20 Apr, 1909[9] 		Succeeded by
Charles W. Keighly-Peach
Preceded by
Charles W. Keighly-Peach 		Captain of H.M.S. Leviathan
20 Apr, 1909[10] – 8 Jul, 1911[11] 		Succeeded by
Eric P. C. Back
Preceded by
Lionel Halsey 		Flag Captain, Plymouth Station
11 Apr, 1911[12] 		Succeeded by
Eric P. C. Back
Preceded by
Herbert A. S. Fyler 		Captain of H.M.S. Euryalus
2 Jul, 1912[13] 		Succeeded by
Eustace La T. Leatham
Preceded by
The Hon. Stanhope Hawke 		Captain of H.M.S. Achilles
19 Apr, 1913[14] – 19 Feb, 1915[15] 		Succeeded by
Francis M. Leake
Preceded by
Percy T. H. Beamish 		Captain of H.M.S. Invincible
19 Feb, 1915[16] – 31 May, 1916 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4198. 26 June, 1902.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28034. p. 4433. 28 June, 1907.
  3. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  4. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  6. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  7. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  8. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  9. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  10. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  11. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  12. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  13. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  14. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  15. ↑ Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395b.

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