Actually, Dr. Makov got it wrong. The name of the ship was the Patria, and you can read more about it in these Ship Loss Records:

Patria Cyprien Fabre, Marseille Liner 11 25 1940 279 Haifa, Palestine (Israel) N 3 explosions, saboteurs never found. scr. 1952

The Jewish Bulletin of N. Cal:

"The underground Jewish army, the Haganah -- which rejected the British policy of barring most Jewish refugees from entering pre-state Israel -- smuggled explosives aboard the Patria, hoping to cripple the ship in a desperate attempt to prevent its departure."

The Jewish Virtual Library:

"The Haganah leaders decided to prevent the Patria from leaving port by sabotage. A mine was prepared at Haifa, concealed in a cloth bag and smuggled aboard the ship, where it was handed over to one of the Haganah liaison officers. On November 25, 1940, at about 9 a.m. the mine was detonated. The intention was to blast a small hole in the vessel's side so that that it would slowly take in water allowing time to evacuate all those on board. However, the mine blasted a large hole and water flooded into the hold. Within 15 minutes the ship began to list with only a small portion remaining above water. Some 250 people (200 of them Jews, and most of the remainder British soldiers) went down with the ship. This was the largest number of victims of any single operation conducted by an organization since the beginning of British rule in Palestine."

here,and here, the Encyclopedia of World History:

"Sinking of the Patria, a ship carrying Jewish immigrants, in the harbor of Haifa. Jewish agents secretly carried out the operation to publicize the Zionist cause around the world."

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Yes, I read the entire article

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