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!
'Quail' (1830). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Quail' (1830), a 4-gun Cutter-rigged Tender, as taken off at Devonport Dockyard. The plan shows proposed alter
27 October 1858
National Maritime Museum
'Quail' (1830). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan proposed for 'Quail' (1830), a 4-gun Cutter-rigged Tender, to convert her to a Schooner for the service of the Liberian Government.
Signed by William Edye [Master Shipwright, Dev
27 October 1858
National Maritime Museum
'Quail' (1830). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and hold with platforms for 'Quail' (1830), a 4-gun Cutter-rigged Tender, as taken off at Devonport Dockyard. The plan shows proposed alterations in blue ink for adapting the
27 October 1858
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck (upper deck) 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 t
January 1858
National Maritime Museum
Bellerophon (1824) [ex Waterloo (1818)]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the weather deck (original quarterdeck, covered waist, and original forecastle deck) for Waterloo (1818), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted as a receiving ship. Note that the pla
January 1858
National Maritime Museum
Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted during 1856 for the flagship on the East Indies and China station.
Signed by William Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport
30 January 1858
National Maritime Museum
Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the orlop deck for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted during 1856 for the flagship on the East Indies and China station.
Signed by William Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport Dockyard,
30 January 1858
National Maritime Museum