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 Chester 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 Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies". The interior shots are actually from the Type