MS Alfhem information

History
Name	MS Guldborg (1930–33); MS Höegh Trader (1933–36); MS Gausdal (1936–53); MS Alfhem (1953–60); MS Antonos V (1960– );
Namesake	Guldborg, Denmark (1930–33); Leif Høegh (1933–36); Gausdal, Norway (1936–53); Alvhem, Sweden (1953–60);
Owner	D/S Dannebrog (1930–33); Skibs A/S "Gausdal" (1936–53); Ångbåts Ab Bohusländska kusten (1953–60);
Operator	C.K. Hansen (1930–33); Leif Höegh & Co (1933–36); Bos & Pedersen (1936–53); Ångbåts AB Bohusländska kusten (1953–60);
Port of registry	Copenhagen (1930–33); Oslo (1933–36); Odense (1936–53); Uddevalla (1953–60);
Builder	Odense Staalskibsværft A/S,; Odense, Denmark;
Launched	2 November 1929
Completed	February 1930
Identification	Code Letters NHPG; (1930–33); Code Letters LISZ; (1936–53);
Fate	Scrapped 22 February 1961
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,795 GRT; 2,871 NRT; 8,460 DWT;
Length	386.3 ft (117.7 m)
Beam	54.3 ft (16.6 m)
Draught	25.7 ft (7.8 m)
Installed power	Two 6-cylinder Burmeister & Wain diesel engines; 543 NHP;
Propulsion	twin screws

MS Alfhem was a Scandinavian cargo ship that was built in 1930 and traded for more than 30 years. In her career she passed through five successive owners, managers and names. Alfhem is her fourth name and the one by which she is most widely known.

In 1954 the CIA was engineering a coup d'état in Guatemala to replace the elected civilian government of President Jacobo Arbenz with a military dictator, Colonel Carlos Castillo. Since 1951 the US had withheld arms supplies to the Guatemalan government, and in 1953 the US blocked Guatemalan government attempts to buy arms from Canada, Germany and Rhodesia.

In the spring of 1954 Guatemala bought 2,000 tons of arms and ammunition from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and used Alfhem to ship them to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The US regarded Alfhem's success in evading US sea and air patrols to deliver the munitions as a setback. However, it did not prevent the CIA from executing Operation PBSuccess against Guatemala.

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History

Name	MS Guldborg (1930–33)^[1] MS Höegh Trader (1933–36)^[1] MS Gausdal (1936–53)^[1] MS Alfhem (1953–60) MS Antonos V (1960– )
Namesake	Guldborg, Denmark (1930–33) Leif Høegh (1933–36) Gausdal, Norway (1936–53) Alvhem, Sweden (1953–60)
Owner	D/S Dannebrog (1930–33)^[1] Skibs A/S "Gausdal" (1936–53)^[1] Ångbåts Ab Bohusländska kusten (1953–60)
Operator	C.K. Hansen (1930–33)^[1] Leif Höegh & Co (1933–36) Bos & Pedersen (1936–53)^[1] Ångbåts AB Bohusländska kusten (1953–60)
Port of registry	Copenhagen (1930–33) Oslo (1933–36) Odense (1936–53) Uddevalla (1953–60)
Builder	Odense Staalskibsværft A/S, Odense, Denmark^[1]
Launched	2 November 1929
Completed	February 1930^[1]
Identification	Code Letters NHPG (1930–33) Code Letters LISZ (1936–53)
Fate	Scrapped 22 February 1961
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,795 GRT 2,871 NRT 8,460 DWT^[1]
Length	386.3 ft (117.7 m)^[1]
Beam	54.3 ft (16.6 m)^[1]
Draught	25.7 ft (7.8 m)^[1]
Installed power	Two 6-cylinder Burmeister & Wain diesel engines 543 NHP^[1]
Propulsion	twin screws^[1]