The Poursuivante was a torpedo boat. She moved six hundred tons on surface for a length of 80,7m, 7.72 at the beam and a draught of 3,07m. Her motorization was made up of two boilers "Pearsons" who developed 22'000hp propelling her to a maximum speed of 34,5 knots. She was armed with two canons of 100mm, a double torpedo tube of 550mm, two machine guns AA of 13.2mm, a towed torpedo and a wake grenade.

Built from 1934 at the shipyard of Ateliers et Chantier de France, she was launched on the 4th of August 1936 and started her active service in 1937. All of her career was spent in the Mediterranean where she was involved in the Spanish war; she is bombed the 24th of January 1938 and two shells hit the stern of the ship. In December1938, she is used by the producer of the film Le Révolté. The 13th of June1940, she takes part in the operation "CABO". The 27th of November 1942, she is scuttled by the men of the "13è Division de Torpilleur". Refloated on the 1st of July 1943, she was never sent back to service. In unknown circumstances, she was sunk in 1946 after being emptied and ballasted.

The Poursuivante is broken on her first third near her stern. The bow, about 50m is lying upside down and the stern, about 30m sights upright slightly tilted on port board. This portion is undoubtedly the most interesting part. The large rudder is still in place as well as the port propeller, but the star one was dismounted. The bow is gaping open from which we can see large holds of the size of a storehouse. Inside, many pieces of metal objects which where either part of the shipment or simply weight to scuttle it.

The main difficulty lays in the depth, the position of the ship lying upside down, the possibility of very strong currents but the visibility generally good. The wreck is mainly dived on air (a light trimix would be better) and therefor all precautions must be taken on a narcotic mix at these depths.