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.

Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.