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 Mediator (1782) Life of a Sea Officer", which includes details of his time on "Mediator". c. Nelson was soon involved in a quarrel with Moutray over rank and privilege. Moutray was the more senior post-captain at English Harbour, but was on half-pay. When Moutray raised a commodore's broad pennant aboard , Nelson ordered him to strike it. HMS Mediator (1782) HMS "Mediator was a "Roebuck"-class 44-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She was built and served during the American War of Independence, but was reduced to a storeship and renamed HMS "Camel in 1788. She spent the French Revolutionary and part