Billy Budd (opera) the conflict between good and evil, he is tormented by guilt over the case of Billy Budd on board his ship, HMS "Indomitable", some years earlier. The crew of the Indomitable works on deck. For slipping and bumping into an officer, the Novice is sentenced to be flogged. At the same time a cutter approaches, returning from a merchant ship where it has pressed three sailors into the Royal Navy. One of these sailors, Billy Budd, seems overjoyed with his situation – entirely different from the other two who are not so happy. Claggart, the Master-at-Arms, calls him "a find
HMS Indomitable (92) to make her capable of handling jet aircraft, her hangar height would have to be increased from to . This would require tearing the ship down to the hangar deck itself. Given the escalating costs of the modernization of her half-sister "Victorious", the Admiralty decided against a complete modernization for a ship of her age. "Indomitable" returned to the reserve fleet and in October 1953 she was placed in unmaintained reserve. She was sold for scrap and arrived at Faslane for breaking up on 30 September 1955. HMS Indomitable (92) HMS "Indomitable" (pennant number 92) was a modified of the