HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a Folkestone-class (also known as Hastings class) sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.

[1] HMIS Hindustan was laid down at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear England on 4 September 1929, was launched on 12 May 1930 and completed on 10 October 1930,[2] commissioning into the Royal Indian Marine.

[3][4] Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Hindustan was deployed to the Persian Gulf, patrolling the Straits of Hormuz and operating as part of the East Indies Station of the Royal Navy.

[6] Hindustan was then refitted at Bombay (now Mumbai), being fitted with Sonar,[2] previous plans to re-arm her with anti-aircraft 4-inch guns being abandoned.

In April 1945, with HMIS Narbada, Cauvery, Sutlej and Kistna, Hindustan supported the amphibious landings of the Indian and British Armies in Rangoon, as a part of Operation Dracula.