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!
'Dreadnought' (1801); 'Neptune' (1797); 'Temeraire' (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Dreadnought' (1801), a 98-gun Second Rate, three-decker, building at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan was l
22 July 1789
National Maritime Museum
'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.
Circa January 1789
National Maritime Museum
'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Circa January 1789
National Maritime Museum
'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.
circa January 1789
National Maritime Museum
'Mars' (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Mars' (1794), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.
circa January 1789
National Maritime Museum
'Mars' (1794); 'Centaur' (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Mars' (1794) and 'Centaur' (1797), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
27 January 1789
National Maritime Museum
Sliding keel designs by Captain Schank for an unnamed boat (1774) and and unnamed cutter (no date). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile of a boat with one long sliding keel built at Boston in 1774 for Lord Percy, Duke of Northumberland; and a section an
1789
National Maritime Museum
Two unnamed 56ft Mooring Lighters (circa 1789) and (1798). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer line with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with some fitting details, for an unknown 56ft Mooring Lighter for Chatham Dockyard (circa 1
20 April 1789
National Maritime Museum
Ville de Paris (1795); Hibernia (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Ville de Paris (1795), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan was later sent to Plymouth Dockyard for the Hibernia (1804), but rec
3 June 1789
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (1789). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, inboard profile and upper deck for Serpent (1789), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as built at Plymouth.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1784-1793].
13 February 1789
National Maritime Museum
Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, midship section, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (
12 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (1790), an 8-gun s
Dated: 28 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck [upper deck] and hold with fore & aft platforms for Trial (1790), an 8-gun single-masted Cutter, with three sliding keels as proposed by Captain Schank.
28 May 1789
National Maritime Museum
Brunswick (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Brunswick (1790), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, built at Deptford Dockyard.
June 1789
National Maritime Museum
Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel.
Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 179
5 August 1789
National Maritime Museum