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!
'Crown' (1747). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for the 'Crown' (1747), a 1745 Establishment 44-gun, Fifth Rate, two-decker, as converted into a 24-gun Storeship in 1757.
September 1756 to July 1757
National Maritime Museum
'Crown' (1747). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the lower deck for 'Crown' (1747), a 1745 Establishment 44-gun, Fifth Rate, two-decker, as converted to a 24-gun Storeship in 1757.
1757
National Maritime Museum
'Crown' (1747). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the orlop deck with platforms for 'Crown' (1747), a 1745 Establishment 44-gun, Fifth Rate, two-decker, as converted to a 24 gun Storeship in 1757.
1757
National Maritime Museum
'Crown' (1747). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the quarter deck for 'Crown' (1747), a 1745 Establishment 44-gun, Fifth Rate, two-decker, as converted to a 24-gun Storeship in 1757.
1757
National Maritime Museum