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!
'Basilisk' (1822). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for 'Basilisk' (1822), a 6/10-gun Cutter, re-rigged as a ketch at Chatham Dockyard.
4 October 1836
National Maritime Museum
'Basilisk' (1822); 'Sparrow' (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Basilisk' (1822), a 6/10-gun Cutter, as re-rigged and fitted as a ketch at Chatham Dockyard in April 1835. The plans was also used for fi
4 October 1836
National Maritime Museum
. masts & yards. There is a document for the classification of the masts,yards and gears marked ZAZ6766.1, which can be viewed via the grey toggle to the right of the WHOLE field.
1836
National Maritime Museum
Emerald (1820). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for Emerald (1820), a purchased Cutter Tender to the Royal George (1817), a Royal Yacht, as fitted[?] at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan includes a table of the mast & yard dimensions, and the a
3 March 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the forward platform, with elevations of the carpenter's and boatswain's storerooms, for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by Richard Blake [M
28 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with fitting details for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with elevations of details, for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with elevations of fittings for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, illustrating the fittings on deck. Note the enclosed waist with permanent gangways. The plan includes elevations of the ship&
28 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with elevations illustrating the ring and eye bolts for guns, and the cupboards in the sickbay, for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
28 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Hart (fl.1836). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for the Hart (fl.1836), a Tender. The plan includes a table of Yard and Mast dimensions. Signed J. Peck [Master Shipwright].
7 January 1836
National Maritime Museum
Vestal (1833). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an elevation with description for the fitting of a chane around the rudder of Vestal (1836), a 28-gun Fifth Rate Frigate.
16 January 1836
National Maritime Museum
Proposal for a chain shackle attachment. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a section through an Orlop Deck beam end with a proposal for passing a chain and shackle round the beam for attaching the Hempen cable, instead of the common clench.
Signed by Richard
13 April 1836
National Maritime Museum
'Buffalo' (1813). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the poop and forecastle decks, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck with sections of bed spaces and dispensaries for 'Buffalo' (1813), a purchased East Indiaman, as fitted for an emigran
28 July 1836
National Maritime Museum
Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the midship section for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built for service in Malta.
22 September 1836
National Maritime Museum
Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built at Chatham Do
22 September 1836
National Maritime Museum