Hindostan, 1795
Type: Store-ship ; Armament 54
Built for the India service, but purchased by Government in 1795 ;
Disposal date or year : 2 April 1804
Disposal Details : Burnt, having caught fire in the hold, Mediterranean : crew, except five men, saved Captain John Le Gros.
Notes:

1 Jan 1799 at Cork.

6 Dec 1799 Portsmouth, a Court Martial was held on board the Gladiator for the trial of John Shea, a seamen, belonging to the`Hindostan, for desertion. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be mulcted of his pay and to receive fifty lashes.

Circa 11 Jan 1800 a ship's boat upset whilst going out to Spithead. Mr. Alsept, the purser, and three men were drowned.

12 Sep 1800 Portsmouth, arrived the Hindostan, Captain Mulock, from the Mediterranean.

21 Sep 1800 Portsmouth, departed the Hindostan, with a convoy for the Downs.

27 Feb 1801 remains in the Downs, the Hindostan, Millet.

10 Mar 1801 arrived Sheerness from the River Thames the Hindostan.

12 Mar 1801 departed Sheerness for the Downs.

14 Mar 1801 arrived in the Downs from Sheerness.

15 Mar 1801 the Hindostan, Terpsichore and the Fortunee departed the Downs with the outward bound convoy for the westward.

19 May 1801 departed Spithead with the Lion, and the Woodford, Duke of Buccleugh, Warley, Taunton Castle, Albion, Earl of Abergavenny, Alfred, and Belvidere (East Indiamen), under convoy for China. The Hindostan has stores for the Cape.

7 May 1801 a Court-Martial was held on board the Gladiator, on Mr. J.R. Payne, purser of HM ship Hindostan, was tried by a Court-Martial, for absenting himself without leave, and defrauding several Officers and ship's crew of money due to them. The charge being proved, the Court adjudged him to be mulcted of all his pay, and other allowances due to him as Purser of the Hindostan, and to be imprisoned in the Marshalsea for six months.

14 Sep 1801 the Hindustan arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, having parted company with the Lion and their convoy for the East Indies on 2 Sep., all well.

Circa 24 Feb 1802 Lieutenant Fothergill, of the Lancaster, is promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed to the Hindostan, vice Captain Mottley, who succeeds Captain Curtis in the Rattlesnake.

Circa 24 Feb 1802 Lieutenant Comyn, of the Hindostan, is appointed to the Lancaster.

Circa 24 Feb 1802 Mr. Willmott, of the Lancaster, is made a Lieutenant into the Hindostan.

Circa 10 Jan 1803 when the Imogene packet departed the Cape of Good Hope the Lancaster, Tremendous, Diomede, Jupiter, Hindustan, Braave and Penguin were lying there, and when she departed St Helena on 24 Jan., she did so in company with the Orpheus, and a number of East Indiamen.

1 Feb 1803 when the Dutch national brig Echo departed the Cape of Good Hope the Lancaster, V.-Adm Curtis ; Hindostan, Capt Le Gros ; Jupiter, Capt Losack ; Penguin, Capt McFarlane, and another vessel remained there.

27 May 1803 arrived Spithead from the Cape of Good Hope, under the command of Adm Sir Roger Curtis, the Diomede, Jupiter, Hindostan, and Braave, with the transports Favourite and Suffolk. They also bring with them a valuable French East Indiaman, La Union, of about 800 tons, bound for Flushing, taken yesterday morning off Dunnose.

3 Jun 1803 has gone into Portsmouth harbour, the Hindustan, from Spithead.

7 Aug 1803 departed Spithead to the Eastward, the Hindustan, Capt La Grose / Le Gros.

30 Nov 1803 the Hindostan should have dropped down from Woolwich to Long Reach, to take in her guns and powder, and wait only a fair wind to proceed to the Nore.

3 Jan 1804 arrived Spithead the Hindostan from the Downs.

Circa 28 Jan 1804 Mr Tyrwhit, Judge of the Admiralty Court at Gibraltar ; and Mr Langford, Consul at Tripolio, will take passage in the Hindostan.

6 Feb 1804 departed Spithead, with a convoy for the Mediterranean, the Thisbe, Capt Shepheard ; and the store ship Hindustan, Capt Le Gros.

Circa 12 May 1804 it is reported at Portsmouth that the crew of the Hindostan, barring the 5 that lost their lives, have been taken from the Bay of Roses by the Juno to Nelson's fleet off Toulon.

Circa 9 Jun 1804 a Court Martial has been held on Capt Le Gros, following the late fire, and honourably acquitted him and gave him great credit for smothering the flames 12 leagues form shore, which saved the lives of many of the crew.