Arthur Lindesay Cay
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Captain Arthur Lindesay Cay (31 January, 1869 – 31 May, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War. In command of HMS Invincible at the Battle of Jutland, he was killed when the ship exploded and sank.
Cay entered the Navy as a cadet in 1882. He took four Firsts in his Lieutenancy exams.
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.
On 11 April, 1911 Cay was appointed to Impregnable as Flag Captain to Sir William Henry May, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and was superseded on 30 March, 1913. On 19 April he was appointed to command the armoured cruiser Achilles in the Second Cruiser Squadron.
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