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!
Arrogant (1848). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a part section illustrating the plug for the waste water pipe, and a front and plan view of the plug, as fitted to Arrogant (1848), a 46-gun First Class Screw Frigate.
Circa April 1849
National Maritime Museum
Immortalite (1859); Melpmene (1857). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans with sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Immortalite (1859) and Melpomene (1857), both 60-gun Large Frigates, which were
28 May 1849
National Maritime Museum
Steering Wheel (1849). Various scales. Plan showing the side and front elevation of a steering wheel, and detail elevations of the bolts and rings for a steeering wheel, illustrating how they are built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed John Fincham [Master
7 April 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a plan and starboard side elevation of the head to be fitted to Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan illustrates the arrangement for directing the effluent from the heads/toilets in the bows. A copy
14 October 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore, middle and after platform decks (orlop) as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan illustrates the various store rooms including the Spirit Room, Boatswain's Store and Carpenter
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile and fittings as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan includes faint pencil annotations relating to her 1860-1 conversion to a screw frigate.
Signed by John Fincham [Mas
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with cabin layout and shor rack detail as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate.
Signed by John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1844-1852]
Signed by D Warders [unknown
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum
Leander (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the plan and sections for the hold as fitted on Leander (1848), a large 50-gun Frigate. The plan includes tables of water stowage, ballast stowage, shell stowage, and provisions details.
Signed by John Fincham
12 December 1849
National Maritime Museum