her name was changed to El Horreya. She spent most of her career in the eastern Mediterranean, but did participate in the International Naval Review held to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States of America. Other notable figures who boarded the ship were Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, King Ibn Saud, Josip Broz Tito, and Menachem Begin. In 1984, its title as the largest super yacht was taken by Prince Abdulaziz, after having retained it for 119 years. It is the oldest active super yacht in the world and the ninth largest one. The ship is cared for by the Egyptian Navy, and is occasionally used as a Presidential Yacht. The ship goes to sea about three times a year, usually for just a day. On 10 September 2000 after visiting the El Horreya, President Hosni Mubarak changed the name back to her original name Mahroussa. On 6 August 2015, the ship was used to inaugurate the New Suez Canal. Alterations Twice in the ship's history significant alterations to the ship's length were carried out. Firstly by in 1872, with a further being added in 1905. The 1905 rebuild was undertaken at the Pointhouse Shipyard of A & J Inglis in Glasgow, Scotland and included the replacement of her two paddle wheels with triple propellers powered by steam turbines built by Inglis at their Warroch Street Engine Works in Glasgow. Inglis were one of the first companies to be granted a license by the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend for the construction of steam turbines in their own works. See also List of motor yachts by length References Royal and presidential yachts 19th century in Egypt Steamships of Egypt Steam yachts 1865 ships Ships built in Cubitt Town Ships of the Egyptian Navy Ships of the Ottoman Empire