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 Winchester (1822) She was used as an educational vessel for homeless and destitute children. She was replaced in 1876 by HMS "Nile", which in turn was renamed "Conway". The former "Winchester" was returned to the Admiralty on 1 September 1876, and was renamed HMS "Mount Edgcumbe". The Devon and Cornwall Industrial Training Ship Association was formed in 1874 to provide a training ship for the homeless boys of Plymouth, and "Mount Edgcumbe" was anchored in the River Tamar off Saltash. On 28 March 1912 another training ship, the HMS "Southampton", based in Hull, closed down. The boys aboard HMS "Southampton" were transferred