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HMS ''Buffalo'' was a storeship of the Royal Navy, originally built and launched at 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. ==Launch and purchase== ''Hindostan'' was built of teak by James Bonner and James Horsburgh, of Firth, in 1813 at Calcutta.〔〔 The ''Calcutta Gazette'', reporting on her launch, described her as a merchantman built to carry grain rice. On 13 October 1813, after a six month maiden voyage, ''Hindostan'' arrived in Blackwall, London. She had left Bengal on 18 February, passed the Point de Galle on 13 March, stopped at St Helena on 9 June, and arrived at The Downs on 10 August.〔National Archives:''Hindostan'' (3) [] - accessed 22 November 2014.〕 The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty purchased her on 22 October. David Webster (representing the builders), brokered the sale price of £18,000 for ''Hindostan''.〔 The Navy Board renamed her HMS ''Buffalo'', designated her a sixth rate, and employed her as a storeship. The Admiralty also purchased the similar ''Severn'', a 550 tons (bm) ship (renamed ), for the Royal Navy. Horsburgh part-financed the building of both ''Severn'' and ''Hindostan'' in the partnership of Horsburgh & Colman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Buffalo (1813)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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