This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section illustrating the cross bolting for the floors on the keel, and the midship section illustrating the method of fixing the deck beams to the sides for 'Black Prince' (1816), a
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48 and 1:24. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan illustrates the method of making the hooks and crutches,
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) illustrating diagonal decking and diagonal carlines proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms illustrating diagonal decking and diagonal carlines proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, bui
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle as proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating diagonal decking and diagonal carlines proposed by Robert Seppings for 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48 and 1:24. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan wa
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then se
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then sent t
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Pitt' (1816) and 'Agincourt' (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the N
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816), 'Agincourt' (1817). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then se
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Standard' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for 'Standard' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1813-1830].
6 December 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Midship section for for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
Signed by Robert Seppings [Surve
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
2 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station '28' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
Si
March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section through Station '28' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name
4 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plans showing the section through Station 'T' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker to be built at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
The
23 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Telavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station 'T' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
Sig
March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Telavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station 'T' for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
3 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Telavera' (1818). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section at Station 28 for 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan refers to her under her pre-launch name.
22 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Triumph' (1764). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the outboard profile and section for 'Triumph' (1764), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as hulked and fitted as a Lazaretto with a roof.
Signed by Edward Churchill [Assistant to Master Shipw
7 April 1814
National Maritime Museum
Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820); Venus (1820); Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Blanche (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Thetis (1817), and with later alterations to the diagonal riders for Arethusa (1817)
27 July 1814
National Maritime Museum
Bahama (captured 1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bahama (captured 1805), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates her as taken off at Chatham Doc
December 1814
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, fitted as a 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1815 Canopus underwent a large repair
19 October 1814
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, fitted as an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker and undergoing repair at Plymouth. Between March 1814 and March 1815 Canopus underwent a large repai
23 November 1814
National Maritime Museum
Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan for Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814), both 32-gun Frigates to be built of fir at Chatham Dockyard.
4 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814), both 32-gun Frigates to be built of fir at Chatham Dockyard.
3rd February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814). Scale1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Prompte (1814), Psyche (1814), both 32-gun Frigates to be built of fir at Chatham Dockyard.
5 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile after alterations for building in fir Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814), both 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigates at Chatham Dockyard. Four copies of this plan were sent to Quebec for Mr.St
31 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the Oorlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Psyche (1814), Prompte (1814), both 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigates to be built at Chatham Dockyard.
1st Febuary 1814
National Maritime Museum
Thompson's Patent Rudder (no date). No scale. Plan showing a half body plan, stern elevation, and stern plan illustrating the movement of the Thompson Patent Rudder with description of its advantages. Note that this was engraved by Richard Ebsworth
1814
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed proposed 215ft 160-gun, First Rate, three-decker. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard decoration detail, sheer lines with decoration detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed proposed 215ft 160-gun First R
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate copies were sent to Bombay. One set went in the East India Co
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate copies were sent to Bombay. One set went in the East India Company
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with for & aft platforms, and elevations of the storeroom and cabins for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Initialled by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Survey
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Wellesley (1815); Melville (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Wellesley (1815) and Melville (1817), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. On 25 May 1814 duplicate copies were sent to Bombay. One set went in the East India Company Extra
January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with figurehead and alterations, for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. The old upper deck became a continuous qu
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck (gun deck) for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 181
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. The old upper deck became a continuous quarterdec
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Saturn (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Saturn (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down and fitted as a 58-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1813-1815].
1 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
Weymouth (1804). No Scale (probably 1:96). Plan showing incomplete inboard profile, the spar deck, upper deck, and lower deck of Weymouth (1804), a purchased East Indiaman as fitted for a Storeship in December 1813.
Signed by Edward Sison, [Master Shi
15 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
57ft Mooring Lighter (1815). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship frame, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a fifty-seven foot mooring lighter (1815), for use in the yard at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
There are
February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Pumping system as designed by Captain Truscott and fitted to Havock (1805). Scale: 1:24 and 1:12. Plan showing an elevation with pump details for the pumping system as designed by Captain Truscott, and fitted to Havock (1805), a 14-gun Brig Sloop. The p
18 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Dolphin (1781). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the inboard profile, spar deck, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck of the Dolphin (1814), a 50-gun Fifth Rate, as converted to a Storeship.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 181
1 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Talavera' (1818). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines (with alterations), and longitudinal half-breadth for building the 'Talavera' (1818), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker at Woolwich Dockyard.
Note that the plan r
15 March 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804). Scale: probably 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, middle deck, lower deck, and inboard profile for 'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804), a purchased merchant ship converted to a Sixth Rate Frigate, now fitted as a store
3 May 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing an incomplete inboard profile, and fore and aft platforms for 'Dromedary' (1808), purchased as the 'Howe' (1805) as a frigate in India, now fitted as a twenty-four gun storeshi
14 July 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the spar deck (quarter deck and forecastle with enclosed waist), gun deck (upper), and lower deck for the 'Dromedary' (1808), purchased as the 'Howe' (1805) as a frigate in Ind
14 July 1814
National Maritime Museum
Canopus (1798); Armada (1810). No scale. Plan showing a part section of the upper deck for Armada (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker; and a part section of the deck (for both upper and lower) for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, now fit
September to November 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Pitt' (1816). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the manner of attaching the beams to the sides using iron knees, and sketches of the waterway and binding strakes for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-deck
9 September 1814
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 41ft single-masted unarmed advice? boat/lighter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for an unnamed 41ft single-masted unarmed cutter/advice boat/lighter for Jamaica.
David Lyon suggests this may be the sailing lighter
13 October 1814
National Maritime Museum