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!
Maidstone (1795); Shannon (1796). No scale. Plan showing a part section illustrating the method of scarphing timbers, and a part section for making the rising floors for Maidstone (1795) and Shannon (1796), both fir-built 32-gun Fifth Rate Frigates built
Circa March 1795
National Maritime Museum
The gallant behaviour of Sir Sydney [Sidney] Smith at the Siege of Acre. Print showing Captain Sir Sidney Smith leading the Turkish forces that repulsed Napoleon's besieging forces from Acre in 1799, when Smith (in the 'Tigre') was supporti
Published 19 March 1803
National Maritime Museum
March 19 1866. 181 [probably Maltese boats on Gozo]. Medium includes watercolour. These appear to be Maltese boats, possibly on Gozo since drawing no. 183 (PAD9117) bears that location. [PvdM]
19 March 1866
National Maritime Museum