{{Short description|Motor yacht launched in 1938}} {{italic title|string=Shemara}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=none |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Castello, 30100 Venezia, Italy - panoramio (395).jpg |image_caption=''Shemara'' in Venice in 2014 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United Kingdom |flag=60px |name=''Shemara'' |namesake= |owner=Charles Dunstone |operator= |registry=London, {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} |route= |ordered= |builder=John I. Thornycroft & Company |original_cost= |yard_number=1175 |laid_down= |launched= |sponsor= |christened= |completed=1938 |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit=2010-2014 |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |fate= |status= |notes= |badge= |identification = *Call sign: GMGZ *{{IMO Number|8749717}} *{{MMSI|235104118}} }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type=Motor yacht |tonnage= |length={{convert|64.09|m|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|9.19|m|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft= |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |power= |propulsion=Diesel-electric |speed={{convert|14|kn}} |capacity= |crew= |notes= }} }} '''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'''''. {{as of|2015}}, ''Shemara'' is owned by Charles Dunstone, and is available for charter. She can carry 18 guests and 16 crew, is {{convert|64.09|m|abbr=on}} in length and {{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/>
==History== 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. 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'' 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 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 diesel-electric system comprising five main generators providing power for two electrically driven azimuthing pods and a bow thruster.<ref name=Edmiston/><ref name=Superyacht/><ref name=Dunstone/><ref name=WightShipyard/>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed> File:HMS Shemara FL18981.jpg|HMS ''Shemara'' during World War II File:Shemara.jpg|MY ''Shemara'' in Southampton in May 2014 File:Venice, Italy - panoramio (818).jpg|MY ''Shemara'' in Venice in October 2014 </gallery>
==References== {{reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="CharterWorld">{{cite web |url =http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=shemara-2176 |title =Info Page for Motor Yacht Shemara by JI Thornycroft & Co |work =CharterWorld.com |publisher=Charterworld Limited |archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20120628064833/http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=shemara-2176 |archivedate =28 June 2012 |url-status =live |accessdate =13 July 2013 }}</ref> <ref name=RPTDH231_233>{{cite book |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&q=Dudley+Docker:+The+Life+and+Times+of+a+Trade+Warrior |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> <ref name="NITelegraph">{{cite journal |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 = 9 |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 |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13692.html |title=HMS Shemara (FY 026) |first= Guðmundur |last=Helgason |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126182106/https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13692.html |archivedate=26 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="SubMuseumLosses8">{{cite web |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 |publisher = Royal Navy Submarine Museum |location = Gosport, Hampshire, UK |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130714021235/http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/what-we-have/memorial-chapel/submarine-losses?start=7 |archivedate = 14 July 2013 |url-status = dead |accessdate = 13 July 2013 }}</ref> <ref name=MarineTraffic>{{cite web |url=https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/235104118 |title=Shemara |work=Marine Traffic |accessdate=26 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126181512/https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/235104118 |archivedate=26 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name=Torygraph>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/studioilse-casts-off-with-shemara-motor-yacht/ |title=Studioilse casts off with Shemara motor yacht |work=The Telegraph |first=Henrietta |last=Thompson |date=23 July 2015 |accessdate=26 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126182508/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/studioilse-casts-off-with-shemara-motor-yacht/ |archivedate=26 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name=WightShipyard>{{cite web |url=https://www.wightshipyard.com/ |title=Wight Shipyard Co |publisher=Wight Shipyard Co |accessdate=26 November 2017 }}</ref> <ref name=Edmiston>{{cite web |url=https://www.edmiston.com/yacht-charter/yachts/shemara |title=Shemara Yacht Charters |publisher=Edmiston & Company |accessdate=25 November 2017 }}</ref> <ref name=Dunstone>{{cite news |url=https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/on-board-with-sir-charles-dunstone-owner-of-classic-yacht-shemara--27171 |title=On board with Sir Charles Dunstone, owner of classic yacht Shemara |date=27 July 2015 |first1=Stewart |last1=Campbell |first2=Sacha |last2=Bonsor |work=Boat International |accessdate=26 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126183052/https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/on-board-with-sir-charles-dunstone-owner-of-classic-yacht-shemara--27171 |archivedate=26 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name=Superyacht>{{cite news |url=https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/superyacht-shemara-the-65m-classic-motor-yacht-is-restored-to-her-former-glory--349 |title=Superyacht Shemara: the 65m classic motor yacht is restored to her former glory |date=16 January 2015 | first=Tim |last=Thomas |work=Boat International |accessdate=26 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126181800/https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/superyacht-shemara-the-65m-classic-motor-yacht-is-restored-to-her-former-glory--349 |archivedate=26 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shemara, MY}} Category:Motor yachts Category:1938 ships Category:Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company