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 Lapwing (1785) "Mercury". Aaron Thomas kept a journal from 15 June 1798 to 26 October 1799 in which he gave an account of his time aboard "Lapwing". This manuscript is now held by the University of Miami. During this period "Lapwing" sailed around the Caribbean visiting St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. In August 1799, "Lapwing" was also involved in the successful operation in which the British seized Paramaribo from the Dutch. Notes Citations References HMS Lapwing (1785) HMS "Lapwing" was a 28-gun "Enterprise"-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. "Lapwing" was first commissioned in October 1790 under the command