| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rinaldo |
| Ordered | 31 December 1807 |
| Builder | John Dudman & Co. Deptford |
| Cost | £3,695 |
| Laid down | March 1808 |
| Launched | 13 July 1808 |
| Completed | 7 September 1808 |
| Commissioned | September 1808 |
| Fate | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cherokee-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 236 66⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 24 feet 6+1⁄2 inches (7.5 m) |
| Draught | 6 feet 2 inches (2 m) (bow) 9 feet 0 inches (3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 feet (3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 75 |
| Armament | 8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder long guns |
HMS Rinaldo was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy that was launched in July 1808. She was 236 66⁄94(bm), armed with eight 18-pounder carronades and two 6-pound bow chasers, and carried a crew of 75.
Rinaldo was serving in the English Channel Fleet when, on 3 September 1811, she and Redpole attacked the Boulogne flotilla despite being outnumbered. Unable to inflict any substantial damage, the two British brigs eventually withdrew. On 21 September, Rinaldo, Redpole, the frigate HMS Naiad, and the brigs HMS Castillian and HMS Viper were attacked by a division of 12-gun prames and 15 smaller vessels. Rinaldo and Redpole badly damaged the 12-gun Ville de Lyon, which was subsequently boarded and captured by men from Naiad. Under Edmund Lyons, then a commander, Rinaldo and Bermuda chased the 14-gun Apelles onto the shore just west of Boulogne, on 4 May 1812. When Castillian and HMS Phipps turned up, the French abandoned Apelles, allowing boats from Bermuda to secure her.
In 1814, Rinaldo assisted in Thomas Graham's operations in the low countries to support an insurrection in the French-held Netherlands. Rinaldo sailed for the West Indies in June 1814 and served for a while on the Jamaica Station before being laid-up at Sheerness in July 1815. Between November 1823 and February 1824, Rinaldo was refitted as a packet boat for service on the Falmouth Packet Station. She paid off for the last time in August 1834 and was sold at Plymouth on 6 August 1835.