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!
'Royal Escape' (1792). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan for 'Royal Escape' (1792), a 62ft single-masted sailing Lighter,
circa December 1792
National Maritime Museum
80ft Water Vessel (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a two-masted 80ft water vessel designed by Sir Samuel Bentham, and built at Tor Point near Plymouth.
Signed by Brigad
20 December 1796
National Maritime Museum
Devastation (purchased 1803). No scale (probably 1:48). Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle (with the waist) for Intrepid, prior to being renamed as Devastation (1803) and converted to an 8-gun Bomb Vessel. The plan illustrates the removal of th
20 December 1803
National Maritime Museum
Devastation (purchased 1803). No scale (probably 1:48). Plan showing the upper deck illustrating the bomb beds on the Intrepid prior to being renamed Devastation (purchased 1803) and converted to an 8-gun Bomb Vessel.
Signed by Henry Peake [Master Shipw
20 December 1803
National Maritime Museum
Devastation (purchased 1803). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the two bomb beds on the Intrepid prior to being renamed Devastation (purchased 1803) and converted to an 8-gun Bomb Vessel.
Signed by Henry Peake [Master Shipwrigh
20 December 1803
National Maritime Museum