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Cay entered the Navy as a cadet in 1882.  He took four Firsts in his Lieutenancy exams.
 
Cay entered the Navy as a cadet in 1882.  He took four Firsts in his Lieutenancy exams.
  
Cay was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 26 June, 1902.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27448/supplements/4198 (Supplement) no. 27448.  p. 4198.]  26 June, 1902.</ref>
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Cay was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 26 June, 1902.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27448/supplements/4198 (Supplement) no. 27448.  p. 4198.]  26 June, 1902.</ref>
  
As Commander Cay joined [[H.M.S. King Edward VII (1903)|H.M.S. ''King Edward VII'']] to commission her at Portsmouth, and left on 4 March, 1907.  He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28034/supplements/4433 (Supplement) no. 28034.  p. 4433.]  28 June, 1907.</ref>
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As Commander Cay joined [[H.M.S. King Edward VII (1903)|H.M.S. ''King Edward VII'']] to commission her at Portsmouth, and left on 4 March, 1907.  He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28034/supplements/4433 (Supplement) no. 28034.  p. 4433.]  28 June, 1907.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Prince George (1895)|''Prince George'']] on 15 November, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 361.</ref>
 
He was appointed command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Prince George (1895)|''Prince George'']] on 15 November, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 361.</ref>

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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]

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.[4]

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.

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. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 361.
  4. Cay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 66.

Bibliography

Service Record

Naval Appointments

 

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