Destroyer Salvage Despite Gale -- An intricate salvage operations on a French destroyer, the Maille Breze, which sunk off Greenock Fourteen years ago, was carried out despite a strong gale which threatened to hold up work. The sandbank and the work of making the wreck ready for towing to the scrapper's yard was begun. Salvage men said that conditions were "as bad as could be imagined" but that now the final phase of the job can be completed in about one week. August 19, 1954. (Photo by United Press Photo).