25 MAY 1991, Page 27

Sir: Andrew Roberts has his facts sadly wrong in his

tribute to 'the man who found a submarine which disappeared 40 years ago'. Foster-Brown was most certainly not the commander of the search; Admiral Sir Arthur John Power recalled my husband, Captain W. 0. Shelford, RN, from Malta to take over the search. The story of the Affray is told in my husband's book, Subsunk — The Story of Submarine Escape, published in the United Kingdom by Harrap and by Doubleday in the United States.

Jean F. Shelford

28 Melbourne Road, :teddington, Middlesex