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!
Speedwell (1752). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Speedwell (1752), an 8-gun two-masted Sloop. The alterations on the plan were to be conformed to by Chatham Dockyard.
Sig
22 January 1752
National Maritime Museum
Captain Cartwright visiting his Fox-traps. Technique includes etching.
22 Jan 1792
National Maritime Museum
Steam Dredger (1801). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the plan, elevation and sections for the steam driven dredging apparatus proposed to be fitted to a floating vessel for use in harbours and rivers not exceeding twenty-eight feet.
Signed by Henry Peake
22 January 1801
National Maritime Museum
St. George's Bay surveyed by Edward Bransfield, Master of HMS Andromache 22 January 1821. Single sheet. Ms. Scale: [ca. 1:43 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Additional Places: South Shetland Islands. Contents Note: Three views. In 1820 Br
1821
National Maritime Museum
'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the diagonal bracing for 'Neptune' (1832), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. The alterations in pencil for a funnel and t
22 January 1833
National Maritime Museum
'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Neptune' (1832), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by John Peake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth, 1832-1835].
22 January 1833
National Maritime Museum
'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for 'Neptune' (1832), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by John Peake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth, 1832-1835].
22 January 1833
National Maritime Museum
'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck illustrating the cabin and storeroom arrangements for 'Neptune' (1832), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by John Peake [Master S
22 January 1833
National Maritime Museum
'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Neptune' (1832), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by John Peake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth, 1832-1835].
22 January 1833
National Maritime Museum
'Neptune' (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse (poop) for 'Neptune' (1832), a 120-gun, First Rate, three-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by John Peake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth, 1832-1835].
22 January 1833
National Maritime Museum