Throughout most history ships have been described with female pronouns. Why are ships always described as “she”, when the crew have predominantly always been all male?

by sakuraxatsume
chiron3636

Possibly a question for /r/anthropolgy

Some other possible answers to this have been discussed previously

/u/Diodemedes makes an estimate here https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2uvhde/when_and_why_did_humans_refer_to_named_ships/