Court-martial three types: Special, Summary, and General. In Herman Melville's novella "Billy Budd" (first published 1924), the title character is convicted at a drumhead court-martial of striking and killing his superior officer on board HMS "Indomitable", is sentenced to death, and is hanged. The novella has been adapted for the stage, film and television; notably in Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera "Billy Budd". In C. S. Forester's 1938 novel "Flying Colours", Captain Horatio Hornblower is court-martialed for the loss of HMS "Sutherland". He is "most honourably acquitted". Court-martial A court-martial or court martial (plural "courts-martial" or "courts martial", as "martial" is a
HMS Monmouth (F235) be conducting F-35 Lightning II flying trials. The task group also consists of RFA "Tiderace" and possibly a Royal Navy submarine HMS "Monmouth"'s Wildcat HMA2 helicopter, nicknamed "Blackjack" of 213 Flight, of 815 NAS became the first Wildcat to land aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on 3 September 2018. HMS Monmouth (F235) HMS "Monmouth" is the sixth "Duke"-class Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the seventh ship to bear the name and was launched by Lady Eaton in 1991, being commissioned two years later. Affectionately known as "The Black Duke", "Monmouth" is the only ship in service with