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!
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with elevations and sections of fittings for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
17 April 1841
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with elevations of cupboards, bulkheads, doors, storage, ship's library, and other details for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by
17 April 1841
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle illustrating the fittings on deck for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. Note the enclosed waist with permanent gangways. The plan
17 April 1841
National Maritime Museum
Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with elevations and sections of fittings for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
17 April 1841
National Maritime Museum