Five ships and two establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Indus, after the Indus River:
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HMS Indus (1790) was a storeship, formerly an East Indiaman. She was purchased in 1790, but her fate is unknown.
HMS Indus (1812) was a 74-gun third-rateship of the line launched in 1812. She was renamed HMS Bellona in 1818, used for harbour service from 1840 and was broken up in 1868.
INS Indus (1838) was an iron paddle gunboat launched in 1838 and listed until 1843.
HMS Indus was the original guard ship between 1860 and 1898.
HMS Valiant was HMS Indus for a few months in 1898.
HMS Indus (shore establishment 1906) was the mechanics' training establishment and workshops at Devonport between 1906 and 1922. A number of ships were renamed whilst serving as depot and base ships for the establishment:
HMS Defence was renamed HMS Indus in 1898, commissioned as the establishment in 1906, renamed HMS Indus I in 1910 and was paid off in 1922.
HMS Temeraire was HMS Indus II between 1910 and 1914.
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