Pourquoi Pas? (2005)

:"For other ships of this name, see French ship Pourquoi Pas ?.""Pourquoi Pas?" (English translation: "Why Not?") is a research vessel built in Saint-Nazaire, France by Alstom Marine for IFREMER and the French Navy. She is currently primarily used by SHOM (Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine). She was ordered in December 2002 and completed in July 2005. The 66 million euro cost was financed by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%). She is named after explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot's famous ship.

"Pourquoi Pas?" is used 150 days per year by the Navy and 180 days per year by IFREMER. She was designed for hydrography, geoscience, and physical, chemical and biological oceanography, as well as to launch small submarines such as the manned submersible "Nautile" and the ROV "Victor 6000".

Notably, the "Pourquoi Pas?" has been used for the 2007 deployment and connection operations for the ANTARES neutrino telescope.

See also

* French ship "Pourquoi Pas ?"

External links

* [http://www.ifremer.fr/flotte/navires/hauturiers/pourquoipas "Pourquoi-Pas?" site at IFREMER ]
*fr icon [http://www.netmarine.net/bat/hydro/pourquoipas/index.htm Netmarine]

"This article was translated from the original article from the French Wikipedia, on 4/29/06."