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 Indomitable (1907) close on Beatty's ships, the "Invincible"s were broadside to the oncoming torpedoes, but "Invincible" turned north, while "Inflexible" and "Indomitable" turned south to present their narrowest profile to the torpedoes. All the torpedoes missed, although one passed underneath "Inflexible" without detonating. As "Invincible" turned north, her helm jammed and she had to come to a stop to fix the problem, but this was quickly done and the squadron reformed heading west. At 18:21, with both Beatty and the Grand Fleet converging on him, Hood turned south to lead Beatty's battlecruisers. Hipper's battlecruisers were away and the "Invincible"s almost immediately opened