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|Ship name=MY ''Shemara''

|Ship registry=[[London]], {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|Ship yard number=1175

|Ship status=In service

|Ship identification = *{{IMO[[Maritime Numbercall sign|8749717}}Call sign]]: GMGZ

|Ship speed={{convert|14|kn}}

'''MY ''Shemara''''' is a [[motor yacht]] built in 1938 by [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] to the order of [[Bernard Docker]]. Between 1939 and 1946 she served in the [[Royal Navy]] as '''HMS ''Shemara'''''. {{asofas of|2015}}, ''Shemara'' is owned by [[Charles Dunstone|Sir Charles Dunstone]], and is available for charter. She can carry 1218 guests and 16 crew, and is {{convert|64.09|m|abbr=on}} in length and has a beam of {{convert|9.19|m|abbr=on}} in beam, and has a maximum speed of {{convert|14|kn}}.<ref name=Edmiston/><ref name=MarineTraffic/><ref name=Superyacht/><ref name=Dunstone/>

The English industrialist [[Bernard Docker]] commissioned [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] to build a yacht to his specifications. The yacht was built at Thornycroft's yard at [[Woolston, Southampton|Woolston]], [[Southampton]]. She was completed in 1938 and christened MY ''Shemara''.<ref name=RPTDH231_233 /><ref name="CharterWorld" />

MY ''Shemara'' was requisitioned by the [[Royal Navy]] at the start of the Second World War in 1939 and used as a training vessel for anti-submarine warfare. (See also [[Madiz]], a similar super yacht that saw RN Service in WWII). It was during a training exercise with HMS ''Shemara'' that the submarine [[HMS Untamed (P58)|HMS ''Untamed'']] was lost with all her crew. ''Shemara'' left RNRoyal Navy service in 1946.<ref name="SubMuseumLosses8"/><ref name=Uboat/>

TheOnce returned to Docker's ownership, the ''Shemara'' became known for lavish parties with guests including [[Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk of Egypt]]. However, in 1965, Docker put her on the market for £600,000., and Sheshe was eventually sold to the property developer [[Harry Hyams]] for £290,000. Hyams used the ''Shemara'' on a number of [[Mediterranean]] cruises, but she was largely left laid up in [[Lowestoft]], and was not regularly used between the 1980s and 2010.<ref name="NITelegraph" /><ref name=Torygraph/>

In 2010 the ''Shemara'' was bought by businessman [[Charles Dunstone|Sir Charles Dunstone]], and a project was started to return her to her former glory. In order to achieve this, a new company, [[Shemara Refit LLP]], was created. The refit was completed in 2014, and the yacht now has a contemporary interior while retaining many of her historic original features, including as much of her original steel and teak as possible. The ship's machinery was completely replaced with a new [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]] diesel-electric system comprising five main generators providing power for two electrically driven [[azimuthing pod]]s and a [[bow thruster]].<ref name=WightShipyardEdmiston/><ref name=EdmistonSuperyacht/><ref name=Dunstone/><ref name=WightShipyard/>

|publisher=Charterworld Limited

|deadurlurl-status =nolive

| last = Davenport-Hines

| first = R. P. T.

| title = Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kHx7hVRhKfYC&dqq=Dudley+Docker:+The+Life+and+Times+of+a+Trade+Warrior&source=gbs_navlinks_s

| accessdate = 13 May 2011

| year = 2004

| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]

| location = Cambridge, UK

| isbn = 978-05-218940-0-5

| pages = 231–233

| chapter = 11. Birmingham Small Arms 1918–44

| quote = }}

}}</ref>

| last1 = Howorth

| first1 = Michael

| editor-last = Linnington

| editor-first = Andrew

|date=September 2011

| title = Vintage vessel set to be saved in rebuild project

| journal = [[Nautilus International]] Telegraph

| volume = 44

| issue = 099

| page = 8

| location = St. Albans, Hertfordshire UK

| publisher = Century One Publishing

| issn = 0040-2575

| doi =

| quote =After a great deal of legal wrangling, the superyachtpassed to the ownership of reclusive property tycoon Harry Hyams of Oldham Estates for £290,000
}}</ref>

<ref name="Uboat">{{citation
|work=uboat.net |date=
|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13692.html
|title=HMS Shemara (FY 026)
|first= Guðmundur
|last=Helgason }}</ref>

|url = http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=7

|title = Submarine Losses 1904 To Present Day – Page 8

|work = Submarine Losses 1904 to Present Day

|seriespublisher = Royal Navy Submarine =Museum

|publisherlocation =Royal NavyGosport, SubmarineHampshire, MuseumUK

|formaturl-status = =dead

|doiaccessdate = 13 July =2013

[[Category:19391938 ships|Shemara]]