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Why are ships named after men still refered to as "she"?

Asked by QueenR (197points) December 11th, 2009

For example, Bismarck and HMS King George V where named after men, but they are referred to as “she”, i.e “She is a fine ship”.
Shouldn’t they be referred to as “he”?

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