Actually, going back over what I had written, I can see where you’d get the idea I was specifically researching this matter. That misled you, and I apologize for being unclear.
Let’s just say I’ve run across undocumented rumors—and flat-out lies—about British attacks on Jewish ships. They DID fire on a few, though, which refused to obey commands to halt for inspection before entering a closed port. That is legal under international law, if sufficient warning is given first.
Always keep in mind, when the Middle East is concerned, everybody lies like the dickens.
The book we are discussing is focussing on concrete cases, and there is enough description to know what's on the table here. Not "firing on ships that refuses inspection". We also know that MI6/and other authority has authorized the description.
To detail:
Now we discover that they faced yet another peril in the shape of bombs planted on their transport ships by Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6.
So basically you were spouting off without having even looked, or spouting off against better knowledge, and using your "historian" credentials for pushing a rather overheated claim that this guy has to be bluffing.
Now, with a very few and disreputable exceptions, historians tend to do their homework a bit better. No sale.