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!
Commodore Charles Brown, 1678/9-1753. (Updated, April 2018). Brown is shown standing, three-quarter length, turned slightly to his left in a brown coat with a powdered wig falling behind his shoulders, against a rocky coastal background of sea, dark sky a
after 1740
National Maritime Museum
Admiral Mitchell Vice Admiral of the Blue, Naval Commander... who took the Dutch Squadron in the Texel... 1799. Print
17 Sep 1799
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the froe and aft platforms, showing the magazines and storerooms for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled JT and RS (Surveyors of the Navy)
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan, with alterations for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop, at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Signed H[enry] Peake, J[oseph] Tucker, R[obert] Seppings (Surveyors of the Navy)
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17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck showing accomadation and storerooms for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled H[enry].P[eake]., J[oseph].T[ucker]., R[obert].S[eppings].(Surve
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle with modifications for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled H[enry].P[eake]., J[oseph].T[ucker]., R[obert].S[eppings].(Surve
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Wye (1814). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan, showing the method of attaching the beams to the sides and modifications to the pumps for building Wye (1814), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloop at Redbridge by Messers Hobbs & Co. Initialled H[enry].
17th September 1813
National Maritime Museum
Formidable (1825); Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section for Formidable (1825), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker illustrating the floor, cross chocks etc. The plan was later altered in 1818 for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate
17 September 1815
National Maritime Museum
The Right Honble Lord Yarborough's Yacht, the 'Falcon' of 351 tons off Cowes. Hand-coloured aquatint after Huggins inscribed as per title. The 'Falcon' is shown in port-broadside view as commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, whos
17 Sep 1829
National Maritime Museum
Details of the stern and after deck works of a Houry. Dieppe. original art: drawing
17 Sep 1833
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with the cabin arrangement for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the ship as a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. She was cut down at Portsmouth Dockyard to a Frigate betwe
17 September 1838
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the ship as a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. She was cut down at Portsmouth Dockyard to a Frigate be
17 September 1838
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the ship as a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. She was cut down at Portsmouth Dockyard to a Frigate between 1838 and
17 September 1838
National Maritime Museum
Warspite (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Warspite (1807), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the ship as a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate. She was cut down at Portsmouth Dockyard to a Frigate between 1838 and 1840.
Signed b
17 September 1838
National Maritime Museum