This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. 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
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 code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
'Elizabeth' (1737). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Elizabeth' (1737), a 1733 Establishment 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as rebuilt at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 29 Novem
Circa November 1737
National Maritime Museum
'Royal Oak' (1741). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with deck level outline, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Royal Oak' (1741), a 1733 Establishment 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
March 1737
National Maritime Museum
Princess Mary (1742). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Princess Mary (1742), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Joseph Allin [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 172
Circa June 1737
National Maritime Museum
Saint Albans (1737). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with some decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, upper deck details, and longitudinal half-breadth with lower deck details for Saint Albans (1737), a 1733 Establishmen
Circa August-September 1737
National Maritime Museum