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!
Defence (1763); Kent (1762); Cornwall (1761); Arrogant (1761). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decorations, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Defence (1763), Kent' (1762), 'Cornwall'
15 January 1759
National Maritime Museum
'His Royal Highness Prince William Henry, Serving as Midshipman on board His Majesty's Ship Prince George'. Prince William Henry, third son of King George III, entered the Navy during the War of American Independence and first met young Cap
Published 15 January 1782
National Maritime Museum
Blenheim (1761). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the outboard profile of 'Blenheim' (1761), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, illustrating her as cut down (razeed) to a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker at Chatham Dockyard. This was approved by Admiralty
15 January 1801
National Maritime Museum
A View of the Laying in State of the Remains of our illustrious Hero Lord Nelson in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Hand-coloured.
15 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Death of Lord Nelson on board the Victory. Engraved for Duncan's Life of Lord Nelson. Print
15 Jan 1806
National Maritime Museum
Fowey / Towey (1814), Mersey (1814), Conway (1814), Eden (1814), Tyne (1814), Tanmar (1814), Tees (1817), Menai (1814), Wye (1814), Dee (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half breadth proposed and approved, for Fo
15 January 1813
National Maritime Museum
Weymouth (1804). No Scale (probably 1:96). Plan showing incomplete inboard profile, the spar deck, upper deck, and lower deck of Weymouth (1804), a purchased East Indiaman as fitted for a Storeship in December 1813.
Signed by Edward Sison, [Master Shi
15 January 1814
National Maritime Museum
'Callina [Colina], 15 miles north of Santiago, Jany 13th 1851' [Chile]. No. 49 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This is the fourth of seven drawings (PAI4653-PAI465
15 January 1851
National Maritime Museum
'Near Mensheeh. Jany. 15. 1854.' (78). This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 15 January 1854, shows the barren banks of the Nile near Mensheeh with two buildings (one of them a mosque?) and two tall palm trees. To the right a nugger, a tr
15 January 1854
National Maritime Museum
Cutter Yacht Vindix, 45 Tons Winning the 100 Sovereigns Prize given by the Royal Cork Yacht Club at Queenstown 23rd July 1863. Hand-coloured.
15 Jan 1864
National Maritime Museum
Dreadnought (1875). Scale 1:48. A sheer drawing of the body plan, waterlines, half-breadths, as redesigned in conformity with arrangements approved 11 Sept 1872, for the turret battleship HMS Fury (renamed Dreadnought, 1875) while under construction. Con
15 January 1873
National Maritime Museum
A dog-sledge team with Erebus in the background. A view across the sea ice, looking north east towards Mount Erebus with a smoke cloud from the crater being wisked away on the wind. In the foreground is a dog-sledge team. The dogs are at rest sitting or l
Sunday 15 January 1911
National Maritime Museum