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 Anacreon (1813) and plundered two, which she had permitted to go on to Lisbon. "Anacreon" had recaptured the third, "Nostra Senora...", and then had set off in pursuit of the privateer. Loss: "Anacreon" foundered in the Channel on 28 February 1814 during a storm as she was returning from Lisbon. All aboard were lost. Notes Citations References HMS Anacreon (1813) HMS "Anacreon" had an extremely brief career. she was commissioned in early 1813 and was lost within a year. Career: Commander John Davies supposedly commissioned her in May 1813, but she had apparently already been in service by then. On 9 April