Arthur Lindesay Cay
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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.
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April, 1911 Cay was appointed to Impregnable as Flag Captain to Sir William May, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and was superseded on 30 March, 1913.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.
Commands
- H.M.S. Invincible, 19 February, 1915 – 31 May, 1916.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1869 births
- 1916 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Cadet Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1882
- Royal Navy Torpedo Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Prince George (1895)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Euryalus (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Leviathan (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Achilles (1907)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Invincible (1907)
- Royal Navy Captains
- Royal Navy Officers Killed on Active Service
