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 (92) Capelli, lieutenant Ennio Caselli) or by a Junkers Ju 88 bomber on 16 July while supporting the buildup for the Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) and returned again to the United States where repairs were completed. She commenced sea trials 10 April 1944. "Indomitable" returned to the Eastern Fleet in early 1944. She and "Victorious" launched bombers against Sumatra in August and September. They later bombed the Nicobar Islands, after which "Indomitable" joined up with "Illustrious" to attack Medan and Sumatra again on 20 December. The following year, "Indomitable" joined the British Pacific Fleet. On 4 January 1945 she,