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 Indomitable (1907) "Indomitable" had two paired sets of Parsons direct-drive turbines. The turbines were designed to produce a total of , but reached nearly during trials in 1908. "Indomitable" was designed for a speed of , but reached during trials. She maintained an average speed of for three days during a passage of the North Atlantic in August 1908. The steam plant comprised 31 Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers arranged in four boiler rooms. Maximum bunkerage was of coal, and an additional of fuel oil that was to be sprayed on the coal to increase its burn rate. At full fuel capacity,