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!
Childers (1827); Cruizer (1828); Favorite (1829); Hyacinth (1829); Racehorse (1830); Hazard (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building Childers (1827), Cruizer (1828), Favorite (1829), Hyacint
September 1823
National Maritime Museum
Tweed (1823), Success (1825), Rainbow (1823), Crocodile (1825), Nimrod (1828)} Atholl Class + Volage (1825), Tyne (1826), Imogene (1831), Conway (1832), Alarm (cancelled 1832). Various scales 1:8 + 1:24. Plan showing the method of fitting an iron tiller t
27th December 1823
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 46ft single-masted Ordnance Lighter (1824). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, half section through the main hatch, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for an unnamed 46ft si
8 December 1823
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 46ft single-masted Ordnance Lighter (1824). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, half section through the main hatch, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for an unnamed 46ft si
November 1823
National Maritime Museum
Carronade slide for Quarter Deck and Forecastle on Frigates. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a plan and elevation at a carronade slide fitted to Frigates and smaller vessels, on the inside and outside principle.
14 February 1823
National Maritime Museum
Frolic (1820); Goldfinch (1808); Redpole (1808); Hope (1824); Magnet (1823); Procris (1822); Weazle (1822); Hearty (1824); Lapwing (1825); Harpy (1825); Fairy (1826); Espoir (1826); Calypso (1826); Recruit (1829); Rapid (1829); Myrtle (1825); Musquito (18
14 June 1823
National Maritime Museum
'Wight' (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Wight' (circa 1823), a single-masted fifty-one foot victualling hoy.
Signed by William Stone [Mast
4 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
'Wight' (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck ,and hold with fore and aft platforms for 'Wight' (circa 1823), a single-masted fifty-one foot victualling hoy.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford D
4 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
Zephyr (1823), Tyrian (1826). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Zephyr (1823) and Tyrian (1826), 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloops, completed as Packets. According to the annotations dated 14 July to 29 August 1823, cop
14 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
35 ft Barge. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 20-oared 35 ft Barge. Sined Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1815-1830]. Possibly drawn by T
Dated: 1 September 1823
National Maritime Museum
40 ft Barge for His Majesty. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 40 ft 6-oared 40 ft Barge for the use of His Majesty [King George IV].
Dated: 7 November 1823
National Maritime Museum