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Well I've given this a try, but it is not right, unfortunately your copy did not have enough detail to do a proper restoration. Here is my attempt.
Pat.

Pat,
thanks for trying    I actually have the negatives to the pictures (big negatives!)  I will see what can be done with the negatives.  Thank you for your help.
Maureen

This was in the Liverpool Echo after the sinking of the Silvercedar.  Funny that I could post the picture of Dad and Arthur Kelly with no error message.  I will look into the sizing of my original picture.  I will sort this out

Not directly concerned with your request to clean up your photograph.
I don't know what information you have on the sinking of SILVERCEDAR but I have a copy of the official Survivors Report if you need it.

I guess you have this, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1153.html

Did your dad return to sea after this incident? If so do you have details of his ongoing Merchant Navy career?

Thanks so much for your message.  Dad did return to sea as soon as he could according to his discharge book.  He said that he survived because he slept with his life jacket on.  I think that I have seen the survivor's report, but I'm going to follow your link just to make sure.  I will post a picture taken after the rescue of my dad and a shipmate, Arthur Kelly.  Arthur was just 16.  I was in touch with Arthur up to 2 years ago, but I've not heard from him of late.  In the picture I will post my dad is the taller man to the left.  He and Arthur are wearing "Free French" uniforms as they lost everything in the sinking.  Dad passed away in 2006.  Thanks for your interest, and I will follow that link. 
Maureen

Hello,
Would it be possible for anyone to clean up this photo a bit?  The photo was taken after my dad's ship, the Silvercedar, was sunk by a torpedo in the North Atlantic, Oct. 1941.  My dad and crewmates were rescued by a French ship called the Mimosa.  Someone on the Mimosa took pictures of the rescue and sent them back to Liverpool.  My dad got a copy of the series of photos.  This is the only one that isn't clear, but I can still see my dad right in the middle of the group!  I'd know his smile anywhere. 
Thanks
Maureen