Billy Budd (opera) percussion (six players [xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, block, tambourine, side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, whip, cymbals, small gong, 4 drums (played by drummers on stage)]), harp, strings. Prologue "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of "HMS Indomitable" " "Scene 2: Address" Act 2 "Scene 1: Captain Vere's cabin" "Scene 2: Berth-deck" Act 3 "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck" "Scene 2: Captain Vere's cabin" Act 4 "Scene 1: Bay of the upper gun-deck" "Scene 2: Main deck and quarter-deck" Epilogue Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, an old man, reflects on his life and his time in the navy. He reflects on
HMS Lapwing (1785) "Mercury". Aaron Thomas kept a journal from 15 June 1798 to 26 October 1799 in which he gave an account of his time aboard "Lapwing". This manuscript is now held by the University of Miami. During this period "Lapwing" sailed around the Caribbean visiting St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. In August 1799, "Lapwing" was also involved in the successful operation in which the British seized Paramaribo from the Dutch. Notes Citations References HMS Lapwing (1785) HMS "Lapwing" was a 28-gun "Enterprise"-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. "Lapwing" was first commissioned in October 1790 under the command