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 G9 his stomach to help rid his lungs of seawater, Ramsey kicked the soles of his feet and demanded to know his nationality. A Court of Inquiry was held aboard HMS "Indomitable" at Scapa, four days after the sinking. The court decided no blame could be attached to "Pasley", concluding "that the process of reasoning which led the captain of HM Submarine "G9" to mistake HMS "Pasley" for a U-boat is, and must remain, unexplained". The findings were forwarded to the Commander in Chief, Grand Fleet, Admiral David Beatty, who remarked that the incident was "...one of those that are inseparable