The Prosper Schiaffino better known the Donator was a freighter. She moved 1698 tx for a length of 78.30m, 12.0m at the beam and a draught of 5.54m. She was powered by engines develloping 1800hp giving her a maximum speed of 14 to 15 knots. Her crew was made of 30 men.

She was built in 1931 at Bergen Mak Verksted A/S shipyard in Norway and launched under the name Donator as an italian freighter. In october 1933 she is sold to the Compagnie Générale d'Armement Maritime and becoms a banana freighter known as Petite Terre. In 1939, she is purchased by the Compagnie Algérienne de Navigation (Schiaffino Cie) and renamed Prosper Schiaffino. On the 11th of october 1945, she leaves Marseille with a cargo of vegetables heading for Alger. Their she unloads and goes back to sea with a cargo of barrels and on deck tanks of wine. Taking cover of the Mistral (northern wind) she heads for Spain following the coast. At the level of Porquerolles she meat a mine field not yet disarmed. The explosion happened on the 10th of november 1945 and nearly riped off the bow. 11 of the 30 crew where recovered by a fighter 111.

The Donator (Prosper Schiaffino) lies straight on her hull to the exeption of 1/3 of the stern strongly tilted to starboard. This last section was badly damaged during the explosion and the fore mast has collapsed. The aft mast collapsed very recently (winter 2000) during a storm. All the features of the vessel are still clearly identifiable and the holdes are still loaded with the barrels. The afterdeck still holds a large wheel helm and just for a large spare propeller is still stowed. The top deck has disolved over the years and the lower decks are know accessible covered with numerous vestiges.

The main difficulty is the very strong current often to strong to dive. She is also very exposed to the winds. The depth deserve some respect and the gas of choice would be a Nitrox 28 or a Helitrox.