After the disaster, the Reagan Administration debated internally for months over whether to build a replacement ship.

A replacement ship entered service in 1988, carrying the same name and pennant number.

When destroyed by fire in 1939, a replacement ship was found, also christened Mount Washington.

"Without the Inverness we'll be so short we'll have to send for a replacement ship, and that will take too long."

Two years later a replacement ship was put on station.

It was decided that a replacement ship would not be built.

We assumed that a replacement ship would be built, but we found no sign of it, so we're assuming they're going ahead with the trio.

The project for a definitive replacement ship fully conceived and built by Argentines started in 1946.

Happily, after the war, a replacement ship was found in the form of the 'Exmouth', which became the third and last 'Worcester'.

In fact, since Kalin had taken over, Zarat hadn't seen a single replacement ship come off the assembly lines.