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 Anacreon (1813) and plundered two, which she had permitted to go on to Lisbon. "Anacreon" had recaptured the third, "Nostra Senora...", and then had set off in pursuit of the privateer. Loss: "Anacreon" foundered in the Channel on 28 February 1814 during a storm as she was returning from Lisbon. All aboard were lost. Notes Citations References HMS Anacreon (1813) HMS "Anacreon" had an extremely brief career. she was commissioned in early 1813 and was lost within a year. Career: Commander John Davies supposedly commissioned her in May 1813, but she had apparently already been in service by then. On 9 April