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For a book that purports to be history, such an error as the Halifax England versus Halifax Canada is unforgivable.
For a book about a terrible tragedy with huge loss of life and terrible injuries, flippant remarks such as the one about the cow are at the very least inappropriate.
I can't see The Robe, either book or film, as having any connection whatsoever with Halifax and the explosion.
As for which Prince of Wales it was, the date would be quite a good clue. If someone reading didn't know and wanted to, they could always look it up.
This sort of thing might be okay in a novel, though I would be distinctly put off by such examples. It is not okay in a book claiming to be history, popular or otherwise. There are plenty of good popular histories and I have enjoyed several, as I have an interest in history. This is not one of them.
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