Court-martial three types: Special, Summary, and General. In Herman Melville's novella "Billy Budd" (first published 1924), the title character is convicted at a drumhead court-martial of striking and killing his superior officer on board HMS "Indomitable", is sentenced to death, and is hanged. The novella has been adapted for the stage, film and television; notably in Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera "Billy Budd". In C. S. Forester's 1938 novel "Flying Colours", Captain Horatio Hornblower is court-martialed for the loss of HMS "Sutherland". He is "most honourably acquitted". Court-martial A court-martial or court martial (plural "courts-martial" or "courts martial", as "martial" is a
HMS Chester 23 frigate . A Type 23 model was built for the exterior shots. HMS Chester Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Chester", after the city of Chester: There was also a planned named HMS "Chester Castle". She was cancelled in 1943. There was also an HMS "Chester" serving as a tank (water) vessel in the 1880s - saw service during the Egyptian campaign of 1882 when she was an "attendant" on HMS "Alexandra"; 21 men (her whole crew?) received the medal for Egypt serving aboard the ship. A fictional HMS "Chester" appeared in the James