HMS Buffalo (1813)

For other ships with the same name, see Hindostan (East Indiaman) and HMS Buffalo.

1936 model of Buffalo
History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Buffalo
BuilderJames Bonner & James Horsburgh, Sulkea[1]
Launched4 January 1813 as Hindostan
Acquired22 October 1813 by Royal Navy
Refit
  • 4 January 1814, as a storeship
  • 19 April 1833, as a convict ship
  • 1836, as an emigrant ship
FateWrecked in Mercury Bay, 28 July 1840.
General characteristics [2]
Class and typesixth-rate storeship
Tons burthen589,[3] or 670[1] (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft (37 m) (o/a)
  • 98 ft 8+7⁄8 in (30.1 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • Original: 3 officers and 55 crew
  • Later: 9 officers and 88 crew
Armament
  • As commissioned:[4] 16 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • After 1833 convict ship refit:[4] 6 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder long guns
NotesWater buffalo figurehead

HMS Buffalo was a storeship of the Royal Navy, originally built and launched at Sulkea, opposite Calcutta, in 1813 as the merchant vessel Hindostan. The Admiralty purchased her that year after she arrived in Britain. She later transported convicts and immigrants to Australia, before being wrecked in 1840.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sexton 1984, pp. 11–12
  3. ^ Stringer 1980, p. 6
  4. ^ a b Sexton 1984, p. 27