I have just made a discovery that I thought might be worth bringing to the attention of the list in case anyone is trying to find a mariner or ship that was at sea in the 1881 census. The ancestry site has all vessels listed under County Durham, ships from all over the country are listed here alphabetically. Go to the main search page for the 1881 census and scroll down past the search pane to where the counties of England are all listed, in amongst those under D you will find Durham, click there and you will see the alphabetical listing of place names within Co. Durham, amongst which you will see under V, Vessels which gives a great long list of ships names shown alphabetically. I can only assume that all vessels have been lumped under Co. Durham because Ancestry have used the LDS transcription of the 1881, the same transcription as the LDS sold on a set of CDs. In that set of CDs the CD for the Northern Borders the LDS also put the Miscellaneous and Vessels, Ancestry seem to have copied this exactly as it was and have not separated the misc. and vessels from the listing of County Durham. Hope this helps someone who has been floundering around looking for a ship at sea in this census. Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain.