Four ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have borne the name HMS ''Rinaldo'', derived from the mythical knight
Renaud de Montauban
Renaud de Montauban (; also spelled ''Renaut'', ''Renault'', Italian language, Italian: ''Rinaldo di Montalbano'', Dutch language, Dutch: ''Reinout van Montalba(e)n'') was a legendary hero and knight which appeared in a 12th-century Old French ' ...
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* was a 10-gun launched in 1808. She was converted to a
packet brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part ...
in 1824 and was sold in 1835.
* was a wooden screw
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular ...
launched in 1860 and sold in 1884.
* was a sloop launched in 1900 and sold in 1921.
* was an launched in 1943 and broken up in 1961.
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Royal Navy ship names