HMS Indus

Five ships and two establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Indus, after the Indus River:

Ships

 * 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-rate ship 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 was an iron paddle gunboat launched in 1838 and listed until 1843.
 * HMS Indus (1839) was an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line launched in 1839. She was used as a guard ship from 1860 and was sold in 1898.
 * HMS Indus (1851) was a gunvessel launched in 1851. Her fate is unknown.

Establishments

 * HMS Indus was the name assigned to the Devonport guard ship and flagship of the Port Admiral, between 1860 and 1905:
 * HMS Indus (1839) was the original guard ship between 1860 and 1898.
 * HMS Valiant (1863) 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 (1861) 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 (1876) was HMS Indus II between 1910 and 1914.
 * HMS Flora (1893) was HMS Indus II between 1915 and 1918.
 * HMS Victorious (1895) was HMS Indus II between 1920 and 1922.
 * HMS Bellerophon (1865) was HMS Indus III between 1910 and 1922.
 * HMS Valiant (1863) was HMS Indus IV between 1904 and 1906.
 * HMS Triumph (1870) was HMS Indus IV between 1910 and 1914.
 * HMS Ganges (1821) was HMS Indus V between 1910 and 1922.