HMS Hindostan (1795)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hindustan and Hindostan (East Indiaman).
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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The East Indiaman Hindostan, by Thomas Luny, National Maritime Museum | |
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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] | |
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Tons burthen | 124875⁄94[lower-alpha 1] (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 42 ft 2 in (12.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 1 in (5.2 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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