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 Bentinck (K314) of all hands (42) aboard U-636. HMS Bentinck (K314) HMS "Bentinck" was an "Evarts" class "Captains class" frigate during World War II. Named after John Bentinck commander of which participated in a number of engagements during the Seven Years' War including one in which HMS "Niger" defeated the French 74 gun ship of the line "Diadem". Originally destined for the US Navy, HMS "Bentinck" was provisionally given the name USS "Bull" (later this name was reassigned to DE 693) however the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch. Commanding Officers were Cdr E H Chavasse RN (Senior