French ship Pourquoi Pas ?

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Five ships have born the name Pourquoi Pas ? ("Why not ?"):

• Four ships owned by Jean-Baptiste Charcot
  • Pourquoi Pas ? I
  • Pourquoi Pas ? II
  • Pourquoi Pas ? III
  • Pourquoi Pas ? IV, the most famous of the four.
• Pourquoi Pas?, a research vessel of the IFREMER and the French Navy, named in honour of the previous ships.