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!
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Graduated Bar Scale. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a forty-five foot chain boat (1758), built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard. Another o
11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a forty-five foot chain boat, to be built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard within six months of
circa 11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and half-breadth deck plan, for a forty-five foot chain boat for Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by Thomas Slade [Surveyo
11 January 1758
National Maritime Museum
'Monarch' (1765); 'Ramilies' (1763); 'Invincible' (1765); 'Robust' (1764); 'Magnificent' (1766); 'Marlborough' (1767). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines with stern quarter dec
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Ajax (1767). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, and sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Ajax (1767), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Bately [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Raisonnable (1768) [alternative spelling: Raisonable]; Agamemnon (1781); Belliqueux (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Raisonnable (1768), and later for Agamemnon (1781) and
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Trident (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Trident (1768), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, to be built at Plymouth. The pla
11 January 1763
National Maritime Museum
Uncle George and Black Dick at their New Game of Naval Shuttlecock 1787 (caricature). Hand-coloured.
11 Jan 1788
National Maritime Museum
Caledonia (1808); Britannia (1820); Prince Regent (1823). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Caledonia (1808), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan shows alter
11 January 1796
National Maritime Museum
Immortal Nelson. The Glory of his Country! The Terror of her Enemies! and a Luminous Example to Posterity!!! Crown'd with Victory this Illustrious Hero nobly Fell in the service of his Country. In the memorable Engagement with the Combined Fleets of
11 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Prince Frederick (captured 1796). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck for Prince Frederick (captured 1796), a captured Dutch 66-gun Third Rate, as fitted as an Hospital Ship. She was fitted at Plymouth Dockyard between D
11 January 1806
National Maritime Museum
To the King's most Excellent Majesty, this Portrait of the Veteran Patrick Gibson, formerly of His Majesty's Royal Navy & now living in his 111th year, is by permission dedicated...... Print from the oil painting of 1830 by Luke Macartan (BH
1831
National Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Bt, 1838-1917. Loraine joined the Navy in 1852 and from April 1854 was a midshipman in the frigate 'Trincomalee' (today preserved as a museum ship at Hartlepool). From 1859 to 1862 he was a lieutenant in th
1884
National Maritime Museum
'Lake of Acoleo [Laguna de Aculeo], Chile, Jany 11th 1851'. No. 48 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the third of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI4659) which reco
11 January 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Suspension Bridge of hide thongs (but repaired with chain) over the Maypu, five leagues south of Santiago, Chile, Jany 11th 1851'. No. 47 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as
11 January 1851
National Maritime Museum
Battle of Trafalgar, The Death of Nelson. This rug, which is about 5 3/4ft. in length and 4ft. in width, is pure silk. It was manufactured at Smyrna by H. Babiozian and Co. It took two Armenian girls fourteen months to complete, and has been sold to a Lon
11 Jan 1902
National Maritime Museum