page_title: HMS Buffalo (1813)
section_title: Fate
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Buffalo (1813) / Fate
caption_attribution_description: English: The memorial for the HMS Buffalo located at Buffalo Beach, Whitianga.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Buffalo was anchored in Mercury Bay off Whitianga and loaded with Kauri spars when a storm on 28 July 1840 wrecked her. The gale parted her from her cables. When it became clear that her crew could not save her, Wood steered her onto the beach. All the crew except two were saved, but she herself was a total loss.
caption: The memorial for HMS Buffalo located at Buffalo Beach, Whitianga.
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