In some accounts, a ship is called she because of her grace and beauty. Others joke that a ship is called a she because of the costs involved in maintaining the vessel. Still others think of a ship as a womanly, sisterly, or even a motherly figure, protecting and caring for the seamen far from home. Click here to reread the passage. Onomatopoeia's are words that sound like they are spelled.
Examples are creak, groan, shriek, purr, snap, smack, grunt.
A mutiny is when the crew collectively decide that they want to take over command of a ship from the captain.