HMS Hindostan (1804)

Engagement between the British Third Rate 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Tremendous (in the foreground) and HMS Hindostan (firing in the background) against the French frigate Canonnière, 21 April 1806.
History
Great Britain
Name	Admiral Rainier
Owner	Hudson, Bacon & Co.[4]
Builder	Hudson, Bacon & Co., Calcutta
Launched	1798,[1][2] or 1799[3][4]
Fate	Sold to the Royal Navy in 1804
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hindostan
Owner	Royal Navy
Acquired	30 May 1804
Renamed	Renamed Dolphin, 1819 Renamed Justitia 1831
Fate	Sold out of service 1855
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Fourth rate Storeship or troopship from 1807
Tons burthen	511,[1] 88654⁄94,[3] or 88688⁄94[4] (bm)
Length	158 ft 6 in (48.3 m) (overall) 121 ft 9 in (37.1 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft (11.3 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	Merchantman: 80 men[5] 4th Rate: 294 men Storeship: 141 men
Armament	Merchantman: 22 × 6&12-pounder guns[5] 4th Rate: 26 × 18-pounder guns (Lower Deck ) + 26 × 24-pounder carronades (Upper Deck ) From 1811: 20 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Hindostan (variously Hindustan or Hindoostan) was a 50-gun two-decker fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She was originally a teak-built East Indiaman named Admiral Rainier launched at Calcutta in 1799 that the Royal Navy brought into service in May 1804. Before the Royal Navy purchased her, Admiral Rainier made two trips to England for the British East India Company (EIC), as an "extra ship", i.e., under charter. Perhaps her best known voyage was her trip to Australia in 1809 when she and Dromedary brought Governor Lachlan Macquarie to replace Governor William Bligh after the Rum Rebellion. In later years she became a store ship, and in 1819 was renamed Dolphin. She was hulked in 1824 to serve as a prison ship, and renamed Justitia in 1831. She was finally sold in 1855.