Arthur Lindesay Cay
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April, 1911 Cay was appointed to Impregnable as Flag Captain to Sir William May, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and was superseded on 30 March, 1913.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 armoured cruiser Achilles in the Second Cruiser Squadron.
He was appointed command of the battlecruiser H.M.S. Invincible on 19 February, 1915, losing his life aboard her at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May, 1916.
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4198. 26 June, 1902.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28034. p. 4433. 28 June, 1907.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 361.
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
- 1869 births
- 1916 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1882
- Royal Navy Torpedo Officers
- Captains of H.M.S. Prince George (1895)
- Captains of H.M.S. Euryalus (1901)
- Captains of H.M.S. Leviathan (1901)
- Captains of H.M.S. Achilles (1905)
- Captains of H.M.S. Invincible (1907)
- Royal Navy Captains
- Royal Navy Officers Killed on Active Service
