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!
Devonshire (1745). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Devonshire (1745), a 1741 Establishment 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker, after being cut down and
1746
National Maritime Museum
Tyger (1747) [alternative spelling: Tiger]. Scale: 1: 48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Tyger (1747), a 1745 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker building at Stanton & Wells, Rotherhithe.
20 October 1746
National Maritime Museum
Tyger (1747) [alternative spelling: Tiger]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 60-gun two-decker prepared by the Master Shipwrights of Chatham, Deptford, Portsmouth, Woolwich and
Circa 1745
National Maritime Museum
Tyger (1747) [alternative spelling: Tiger]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Tyger (1747), a 1745 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
30 October 1746
National Maritime Museum