Boats - Sailing - Ships
Aug. 06, 1954 - Sunken French Destroyer is raised and towed to a sandbank ? The French Destroyer Maille Breze, 2, 441-tons, which sank in the Clyde off Greenock after an explosion in 1940, has been raised and towed to a sandbank off the Dumbartonshire shore, where she will be beached. The work was regarded as one of the most difficult tidal lifts for some time as the ship had settled in 10 feet of mud. There were about 1, 000 tons of mud in her. Preparatory work took a year. Five lifting craft, a salvage vessel, three boom defence vessels and a tug took part in the operation. Photo Shows: This picture taken from the air shows the lifting craft at work during the operations
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