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!
Forester (1794) [alternative spelling: Forrester]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile, section and deck plan for Forester (1794), a flat-bottomed 4-gun Gunboat (Gunbarge). The hull is similar to a Thames 'stumpy' barge with swim ends, and l
4 July 1794
National Maritime Museum
Gluckstadt (captured 1807) [alternative spelling: Glykstat]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Gluckstadt (captured 1807), a captured Danish Brig, fitted as an 18 gu
4 July 1809
National Maritime Museum
'Wight' (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Wight' (circa 1823), a single-masted fifty-one foot victualling hoy.
Signed by William Stone [Mast
4 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
'Wight' (circa 1823). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck ,and hold with fore and aft platforms for 'Wight' (circa 1823), a single-masted fifty-one foot victualling hoy.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford D
4 July 1823
National Maritime Museum
The York Convict Hulk in Portsmouth Harbour with another hulk beyond. This drawing is inscribed by the artist 'The York Convict Hulk and lazaretto, Portsmouth Harbour, July 4 1831'. The further inscription on the mount stating it is from the col
4 July 1831
National Maritime Museum
Folded paper cover sheet to AGC/C/5/1, with the signature of Captain Crozier.. Folded paper cover sheet to AGC/C/5/1, with the signature of Captain Crozier in 2 places.
1845-07-04
National Maritime Museum
Letter from Captain Crozier (HMS TERROR) to midshipman John Henderson.. Whale Fish Island
July 4th 1845
My dear Jack,
I do sincerely hope this will find [you] recovered from the effects of your most unfortunate accident often indeed have I thought of i
1845-07-04
National Maritime Museum
Letter: envelope to letter from Captain Crozier to midshipman John Henderson.. Small envelope accompanying letter from Captain Crozier to midshipman John Henderson (see AGC/C/5/1). On the front is Henderson's address in Pimlico and the reverse is sta
1845-07-04
National Maritime Museum