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!
'Deptford' (proposed 1745). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed by the Surveyor of the Navy (in green ink), and by the Master Shipwrights of the Royal Dockyards, for 'Deptford'
circa November 1745
National Maritime Museum
'Eagle' (1745). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and the longitudinal half-breadth for 'Eagle' (1745), a 1741 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
1745
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 100-gun First Rate, three-decker (1745). Scale: 1:144. A plan showing an incomplete rigging plan for an unnamed 100-gun First Rate, three-decker (1745). This plan is possibly generic for the 1745 Establishment built 100-gun First Rates.
1745
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 24-gun Sixth Rate (1745). Scale: 1:144. A plan showing an incomplete rigging plan with figurehead for an unnamed 24-gun Sixth Rate (1745). This plan is possibly generic for the 1745 Establishment built 24-gun Sixth Rates.
1745
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 50-gun Fourth Rate (1745). Scale: 1:144. A plan showing an incomplete rigging plan with figurehead for an unnamed 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker (1745). This plan is possibly generic for the 1745 Establishment built 50-gun Fourth Rates.
1745
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker (1745). Scale: 1:144. A plan showing the rigging plan with figurehead for an unnamed 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker (1745). This plan is possibly generic for the 1745 Establishment built 80-gun Third Rate.
1745
National Maritime Museum