HMS Buffalo (1813)

1936 model of Buffalo
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Buffalo
Builder	James Bonner & James Horsburgh, Sulkea[1]
Launched	4 January 1813 as Hindostan
Acquired	22 October 1813 by Royal Navy
Refit	4 January 1814, as a storeship 19 April 1833, as a convict ship 1836, as an emigrant ship
Fate	Wrecked in Mercury Bay, 28 July 1840.
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	sixth-rate storeship
Tons burthen	589,[3] or 670[1] (bm)
Length	120 ft (37 m) (o/a) 98 ft 8+7⁄8 in (30.1 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Full-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
Notes	Water 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.