HMS Hindostan (1795)

The East Indiaman Hindostan, by Thomas Luny, National Maritime Museum
History
British East India Company
Name	Hindostan
Owner	Robert Williams, M.P., managing owner
Builder	William Barnard, Deptford
Launched	3 November 1789
Fate	Sold to the Royal Navy in 1795
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hindostan
Acquired	1795 by purchase
Fate	Lost following fire, Rosas Bay, Spain, 2 April 1804
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fourth rate Storeship from December 1797
Tons burthen	124875⁄94[a] (bm)
Length	160 ft 3 in (48.8 m) (overall) 132 ft 0+1⁄2 in (40.2 m)
Beam	42 ft 2 in (12.9 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 1 in (5.2 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	As fourth rate Lower deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns Upper deck: 26 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades As storeship: lower deck guns removed

HMS Hindostan (later variously Hindustan) was a 56-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the East Indiaman Hindostan, launched in 1789, that the Admiralty bought in 1795. She is known for two events, her voyage to China between 1792 and 1794 when she carried Lord Macartney on a special embassy to China, and her loss in a fire at sea in 1804.

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