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!
Fiji class light cruisers. Scale 1:192. A plan showing the profile, decks and sections of a Fiji class light cruiser, illustrating the layout of the armour.
April 1937
National Maritime Museum
Fiji class light cruisers. Scale 1:96. A plan showing the body, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the Fiji class light cruisers.
April 1937
National Maritime Museum
HMS Hardy (1936). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile of the destroyer flotilla leader HMS Hardy (1936).
3 November 1937
National Maritime Museum
Aurora (1936). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Arethusa class light cruiser HMS Aurora (1936). Alterations up to 1947 are also shown.
4 December 1937
National Maritime Museum