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 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,