"Why do men always refer to their ships in the feminine gender?"

Like in Latin, the feminine gender of the tree name is maintained.

The same endings are used for the feminine gender of Latin adjectives.

The feminine gender of "die Wachau" does not change, though the case might.

It has a feminine gender and refers to the goddess or Shakti.

Used for a female person or a thing of feminine (grammatical) gender.

Used for a group of people or things that are all of feminine (grammatical) gender.

She 'as to come on like 'ickory and steel to run us lot, but she's still feminine gender.

In French, nouns show either masculine or feminine gender only.

Hinduism believes in the universal creative forces to be feminine gender.