so the RN are happy to be referred to as 'she' and you make exceptions that crabs and some WAFUs are 'he' - seems fair to me for a force that says 'It doesn't count after more than 2 days at sea' ducky
It was a joke, in poor taste, for which I apologise. I've removed it.
It was inspired by a remark that I heard the diminutive, perfectly formed but rather over-estimated Capt Lygo make at the commissioning ceremony of the "real aircraft carrier" Ark Royal in 1970 when he said, "some of you may have noticed as you came over the brow, it is an aircraft carrier". I then realised that normal seamanlike language (let alone precautions) should not be expected of everyone wearing a blue uniform.