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!
Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the detailed inboard profile as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop.
1861
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 85ft surveying schooner (fl.1861). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section and midship elevation for an unnamed 85ft surveying schooner of 153 tons.
April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 85ft surveying schooner (fl.1861). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 85ft surveying schooner of 153 tons.
Signed by Robert Spencer Robinson [Rear-Admiral, Contr
April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 85ft surveying schooner (fl.1861). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for an unnamed 85ft surveying schooner of 153 tons. The plan illustrates the cabin and storeroom arrangements.
April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 85ft surveying schooner (fl.1861). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for an unnamed 85ft surveying schooner of 153 tons.
April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 85ft surveying schooner (fl.1861). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for an unnamed 85ft surveying schooner of 153 tons.
April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the manner of stowage on a flat to be laid on the lower deck beans in the hold of Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and later converted to a Storeship at Ports
8 October 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:192. A plan with accompanying explanatory notes showing the compartments below the watertight deck of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). This drawing was drafted after the ship's launch but prior to
January 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:24. A plan showing the proposed arrangement of the sternpost for the lifting screw of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan was dispatched to the Admiralty, and minor alterations were made in penci
January 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:192. A plan showing an outline sketch of the profile, platforms and hold of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860), illustrating the arrangement of the watertight compartments. The plan is entitled 'Prof
14 February 1861
National Maritime Museum
Britannia (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the poop deck for Britannia (1820), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as converted to a Cadet Training Ship. The plan of the forecastle was added in April 1862.
Signed by Richard Abethell [Master Shipwright
14 February 1861
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter.
Dated: 26 February 1861
National Maritime Museum
30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter. Signed Isaac Watts [Chief Constructor of the Navy, 1860-1863].
Dated: 26 February 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). No scale. A plan showing the arrangement of armour plates on both the port and starboard sides of the armoured 'citadel' for the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plates shaded in grey represent armou
16 March 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the proposed positions of the furnace for molten iron, and fan to be fitted to the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860).
This equipment was intended to supply the filling for Martin's m
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860); 'Black Prince' (1861). No scale. A diagram showing the relative positions of the metacentre, centre of gravity and centre of buoyancy of the 'Warrior' class broadside ironclads 'Warrior' (1860) and
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. An office copy of a plan showing the inboard profile for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and later converted to a Storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard for Fernando Po.
Plan
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the 'topgallant' forecastle for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and later converted to a Storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard for Fernando Po.
Signed
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, cut down to a 50-gun Frigate, and later fitted as a Storeship for Fernando Po.
Signed by William Moody [Acting Master Shipwright, Po
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck (lower deck) with some deck fittings for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and later converted to a Storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard for Fernando
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Frigate and later converted to a Storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard for Fernando Po.
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the weather deck (upper deck) with some deck fittings for Vindictive (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, cut down to a 50-gun Frigate, and later fitted as a Storeship for Fernando Po. The plan also shows
17 April 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). No scale. A plan showing a proposed four-masted rig for the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The drawing is accompanied by detailed explanatory notes. These cover the rationale behind the proposal and also some of
August 1861
National Maritime Museum
Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with fittings as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop.
September 1861
National Maritime Museum
Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with sections at Stations 18, 10, F, O and H illustrating the stowage and tanks as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop.
Signed by James Edwards [Assistant Master Shipwright, Devo
25 September 1861
National Maritime Museum
Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fittings, a section at Station O illustrating the stowage of 40pdr Armstrong shot or shell, and a section at Station Z as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop.
Signed b
25 September 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hold of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860), along with sections at Stations 39, 41, 45, 70, 87 and 89.
Undated minor alterations carried out at Portsmouth are picked out in red in
28 December 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). In addition to the main drawing there is a small section through the upper deck beam at frame 3. Undated minor alterations car
28 December 1861
National Maritime Museum
'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the lower deck of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The plan includes a partial inboard elevation illustrating the arrangement of the portside sail bin, shell racks, bag racks and coa
28 December 1861
National Maritime Museum