MY Shemara is a motor yacht built in 1938 by John I. Thornycroft & Company to the order of Bernard Docker.

[1][2][3][4] The English industrialist Bernard Docker commissioned John I. Thornycroft & Company to build a yacht to his specifications.

[5][6] 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.

[7][8] Once returned to Docker's ownership, the Shemara became known for lavish parties with guests including King Farouk of Egypt.

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.