What does it mean when I see under the list Vessel

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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 7 654 Send Message	Jess Bow Bag	Report	15 Apr 2006 14:14
	ED, institution, or vessel: ED stands for ennumeration district- so the area in which their house /town was was. institution would be just that Vessel would be yes, a vessel, But would then have been named (usually). what is your example - see if we can work it out, then you'll know for sure
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 24 Send Message	Emma	Report	15 Apr 2006 14:05
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 24 Send Message	Thank you for your reply I will endeavour to work out how to use the vessel no etc - Hope you have a nice day -
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 2 698 Send Message	Claire in Lincs	Report	15 Jan 2006 07:19
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 2 698 Send Message	Hi Emma I have a couple like this when my relies were serving in the navy. I used Ancestry and clicked on the enumeration district to find where the ship was anchored on census night
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 24 Send Message	Emma	Report	15 Jan 2006 01:26
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 24 Send Message	I note on some information to which I have misplaced census Insitution No: Vessel No: ? Does that mean people have left the UK on a ship and census taken there and or in a insitution?