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{{italic title|string=Shemara}}
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|Ship country=[[United Kingdom]]
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|Ship owner=[[Charles Dunstone]]
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|Ship registry=[[London]], {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
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|Ship builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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'''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'''''. {{
==History==
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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 Royal Navy service in 1946.<ref name="SubMuseumLosses8"/><ref name=Uboat/>
Once 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 she 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 ''Shemara'' was bought by businessman [[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=Edmiston/><ref name=Superyacht/><ref name=Dunstone/><ref name=WightShipyard/>
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|first = R. P. T.
|title = Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kHx7hVRhKfYC&
|accessdate = 13 May 2011
|year = 2004
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|date=September 2011
|title = Vintage vessel set to be saved in rebuild project
|journal =
|volume = 44
|issue =
|page = 8
|location = St. Albans, Hertfordshire UK
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