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) to plunging shellfire, additional armour was added in the area of the magazines and to the turret roofs. The exact thickness is not known, but it was unlikely to be thick as the total amount was less than . She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, at Govan. She was laid down on 1 March 1906 and launched on 16 March 1907. She was commissioned on 25 June 1908 before she was fully complete to carry the Prince of Wales to Canada. Immediately after commissioning, "Indomitable" embarked the Prince of Wales (soon to be King George V)