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Line 70: 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. 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., ~~She~~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 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.<ref name=WightShipyard/><ref name=Edmiston/><ref name=Dunstone/>

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