Rinaldo HMS

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Rinaldo HMS

Post by shipstamps » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:43 pm


Rinaldo, a wooden-hulled steam sloop of 951 tons (builder's measurement), displacement 1365 tons. Length 185 ft., beam 33 ft. Armed with five 40-pdr. and 12 32-pdr. guns. Built at Portsmouth Dock¬yard in 1860 and sold in 1884. Apparently the ship's name comes from one of the famous warriors of Charlemagne's Court, subsequently being applied to a knightly hero, or a renowned champion, or a knight errant. I do not know which of these the figurehead represents. SG1129

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