Use of the ship tag

Question

While answering this recent question:

Finding details about an immigration from England to New Zealand / Australia

I recommended using the tag ship to look for questions about researching a ship that a passenger sailed on, but it occurs to me that might not be useful.

Should we have a means of distinguishing research about ships (the vessels themselves vs. an individual's transit on a particular voyage of a ship)? If so, how should we go about it?

Answer 1

I think the voyages of a ship are part of the ship history that it might be desirable to research.

For those, I think the tag for ship will suffice. I think the crew should be considered part of the ship for tagging.

However, when looking at an individual’s journey on a ship a tag of passenger-list may be more appropriate.