This was passed to me from a friend in Aus and thought it might be useful to others You may find this site very interesting & helpful. It contains 1881 census of ships in UK ports. A mixture of Royal Navy & civilian. http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html Chris History of the villages of Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~