Why does English give female pronouns to vehicle, vessel, aircraft?

why does English give female pronouns to vehicle, vessel, aircraft?

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In Russian door is she, window is it, and hatch is he.

Calling vessels, aircraft and countries "she" is outdated. Most people just say "it" now.

>The ship finally sank. She plummeted to the bottom where she would then rest for over a hundred years the come.

Sounds good desu, it gives a vessel some personality besides existing.

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hatch is feminine in german
but otherwise same

Maybe in Australia

boats are definitely still "she"

It's just a weird vestigial holdover from when English had gendered pronouns to everything, like what most European languages do now. You will perfectly understood if you use "it" instead.

Because of the Fr*nch influence.

I wonder why gender survived for ships only.

The British Navy was full of homosexuals.

>tfw I'll never be a British sailor in the Victorian era

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>bunch of dudes on a boat all day
>they proclaim the boat a lady
Fail to see the homogay bit in this 2bqh

We give female pronouns to fridges, washing machines, chargers, shirts, trucks, but not to transsexuals.

what happened to the gender system

It's more of a sentimental thing than a formal rule.

their moms were fat

At least they don't have to struggle to decide whether table is female or male

Historically women weren’t allowed on ships because they were bad luck so maybe the sailors called the ship female because they were that lonely. I mean, they used to think manatees were sexy half fish women. That’s desperate.

obviously male

A ship and the sea and a port are compared to a woman.
Only as for the sailors and the cat, it's a man.

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