| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Folkestone |
| Pennant | L 80 / U 80 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 15 Apr 1929 |
| Laid down | 4 Sep 1929 |
| Launched | 12 May 1930 |
| Commissioned | 10 Oct 1930 |
| End service | 1948 |
| History | Transferred to Pakistan in 1948 being renamed Karsaz. |
Commands listed for HMIS Hindustan (L 80 / U 80)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Geoffrey Vance Gordon Beamish, RIN | 29 Aug 1939 | 6 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | A/Cdr. Ivan Bryan Warburton Heanly, RIN | 6 Jul 1941 | 1 Dec 1942 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Joseph Wilson, RINR | 1 Dec 1942 | 22 Jul 1943 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Fyfe-Smith, RINR | 22 Jul 1943 | 1 Jul 1944 |
| 5 | A/Cdr. Henry Charles Bird, OBE, RIN | 1 Jul 1944 |
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