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!
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan was later used
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop platform with fore & aft platforms for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich D
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle with continuous gangways for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woo
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan was later used
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Dublin' (1812). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the starboard stern quarter illustrating further alterations made to the gallery window level for 'Dublin' (1812), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down (razeed) to a 50-gun Fo
21 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Eagle' (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Eagle' (1804), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Chatham Dockyard in 1831.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Ch
9 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
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NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 328, states that 'Charybdis' was in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1831 had had her guns refitted. Volume 7, folio 15, states that 'Brisk' arrived in Portsmouth Dockyard on 22 May 1829 and was dock
1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and plan of part of the magazine and ballast for Barham (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, which had been cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate in 1826 at Woolwich. She was th
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for America (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, during the process of cutting her down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate. The plan was then sent to Woolwich Dockyard for the
31 January 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Barham (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, which had been cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate in 1826 at Woolwich. She was then fitted for sea at Woolwich in 1831 for
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Barham (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, which had been cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate in 1826 at Woolwich. She was then fitted fo
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811); Gloucester (1812). Scale: 1:48. This is a contemporary copy of a plan from Plymouth Dockyard showing the inboard profile for America (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker while being cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frig
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
Barham (1811); Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan was later used for 'Vindictiv
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
Echo (1827). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the galley, illustrating the method of fitting it to the upper deck of Echo (1827), a 4-gun paddle steamer.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1830-1837].
20 July 1831
National Maritime Museum
Rover (cancelled 1831); Scout (1832). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for Rover (cancelled 1831) and Scout (1832), both 18-gun sloops building at Chatham Dockyard. Rover's name was transferred to a different design in November 1831.
28 October 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Snake (1832), a 16-gun Second Class Brig, by Contract. Along with her sister-ship HMS Serpent (1832), she was built by Messrs Fletcher &
3 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the lower deck for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 181
6 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy
21 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 183
23 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 181
23 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Ringdove (1833); Sappho (1837); Wolverine (1836); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (1836); Lily (1837).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for Snake (1832) and Serpent
Circa November to early December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (18236); Ringdove (1833); Wolverine (1836); Sappho (1837); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Brigs building a
November 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (18236); Ringdove (1833); Wolverine (1836); Sappho (1837); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Brigs building at Lim
Circa November 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (18236); Ringdove (1833); Wolverine (1836); Sappho (1837); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Brigs building at Lim
November 1831
National Maritime Museum
John Hearle's Fire and Wash Engine Pump as fitted to Caledonia (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing a section though the Caledonia (1808), a 102 gun First Rate, Three Decker, illustrating the use of John Hearle's Fire and Wash deck Engine Pump as
21 April 1831
National Maritime Museum
Rover (cancelled 1831); Scout (1832); Pheasant (cancelled 1831); Redwing (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Rover (cancelled 1831), Scout (1832), Pheasant (cancelled 1831) and Redwing (cancelled 1831), all 18-gun Sloops.
1 June 1831
National Maritime Museum