Exactly this. There are also types of ships that are feminine gender in Russian (yacht, schooner, boat, submarine etc) and they follow the same gendering as in

Exactly this. There are also types of ships that are feminine gender in Russian (yacht, schooner, boat, submarine etc) and they follow the same gendering as in English. E.g the famous Putin's phrase "Она утонула" (She has drowned) is in reference of the submarine Kursk (a masculine gender proper name).