By Merijn de Waard

Al Shoua is the new shadow vessel to the recently completed Heywood designed superyacht Al Mirqab. Al Shoua arrived in Gibraltar on the 29th of July, three days after her 133m mother ship.

Al Shoua was built by Rockport Yacht & Supply Co in 1980 as the offshore service vessel Interceptor. She was purchased by Shadow Marine who converted the 56m vessel into a shadow vessel under the project name Paladin Shadow II.

At present no details are available on the features of Al Shoua, but like most other support yachts we can imagine that she carries a lot of toys and features a helicopter hangar. .

Besides Al Shoua the Al Mirqab fleet also has a 35m Riva Athena 115 chase yacht called Al Mirqab II.