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!
Challenger (1858); Racoon (1857); Clio (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half-stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Challenger (1858), Racoon (1857), and Clio (1858), all 2
21 May 1856
National Maritime Museum
Mersey (1858); Orlando (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with alterations to the gunports, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Mersey (1858) and Orlando (1858), both 40-gun screw frigates.
27 June 1856
National Maritime Museum
Mersey (1858); Orlando (1858). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the way the beams are attached to the sides, and a midship elevation illustrating the frames and diagonal supports for Mersey (1858) and Orlando (1858), both 40-gun
15 July 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the forecastle for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the plan is titled 'Bellerophon', reflecting the fact that 'Wa
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with platforms for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for a receiving ship at Portsmouth Dockyard. Note that the plan is titled Bellerophon, reflecting t
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with some outboard detail for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the plan is titled 'Bellerophon', re
13 December 1856
National Maritime Museum