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!
'Conqueror' (1758); 'Temple' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Conqueror' (1758) and 'Temple' (1758), both 68-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, based on the
Circa November 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Dublin' (1757); 'Norfolk' (1757); 'Shrewsbury' (1758); 'Warspite' (1758) [alterantive spelling: Warspight]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck proposed (and approved) for 'Dublin' (1757), 'Norf
Circa August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Dublin' (1757); 'Norfolk' (1757); 'Shrewsbury' (1758); 'Warspite' (1758) [alternative spelling: Warspight]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle proposed (and approved) for 'Dublin' (1
Circa August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Dublin' (1757); 'Norfolk' (1757); 'Shrewsbury' (1758); 'Warspite' (1758) [alternative spelling: Warspight]; 'Resolution' (1758); 'Lenox' (1758); 'Mars' (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showin
Circa August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Dublin' (1757); 'Norfolk' (1757); 'Shrewsbury' (1758); 'Warspite' (1758) [alternative spelling: Warspight]; 'Resolution' (1758); 'Lenox' (1758); 'Mars' (1759). Scale: 1:48. Plan showin
Circa August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Royal George' (1756); 'Britannia' (1762). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for 'Royal George' (1756) and 'Britannia' (1762), both variations of the 1745 Establishment 100-gun First Rate, three decker
1756
National Maritime Museum
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford by Mr Wells.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1
27 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
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Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1775-1784; Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 256 states that 'Southampton' was at Plymouth Dockyard from October to December 1776 for smal
Late 1776 to early 1777
National Maritime Museum
. Delftware ship bowl, painted in blue with a brig under sail, inscribed below 'Success to the Nancy 1756'. She wears a red ensign, jack and red pennant. The sea is touched in with green and there is a yellow line around the hull. There is chino
1756
National Maritime Museum
1. Sr. Cloudsly Shovel beginning the Engagement 2. the Marquis De Villette whose Poop is blown up by a Bomb, and his Ship set on fire 3. the Dutch in the Rear closely Engaged 4. Monsr. De Rouver the French Admiral's Second fall'n out of the line
1756
National Maritime Museum
A general map of the River Sanaga or Senegal from the Falls of Govina to the Ocean; taken by a French engineer in 1718, & drawn by the Sr. d'Anville, from ye particular draughts publish'd by Labat.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:3 500 000
1756
National Maritime Museum
A Prospect of the Town and his Majesty's Dockyard at Woolwich. Engraved for the London Magazine, 1756. Print, originally published in the 'London Magazine and apparently with a key, since there are key letters identifying features on it: 'y
1756
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the loss of Minorca, 1756. Counter commemorating the loss of Minorca, 1756. Obverse: Half-length figure of General Blakeney, facing, holding in his right hand the British flag; (right), a ship; (left), a fort firing cannon. Legend: &
1756
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the loss of Minorca, 1756. Counter commemorating the loss of Minorca, 1756. Obverse: Half-length figure of General Blakeney, facing, holding in his right hand the British flag; (right), a ship; (left), a fort firing cannon. Legend: &
1756
National Maritime Museum
Counter commemorating the outbreak of the Thirty Years War. Counter commemorating the outbreak of the Thirty Years War. Obverse: Head of King Louis XV, laureate, slightly draped (right). Legend: 'LUD . XV . REX . CHRISTIANISS.' Reverse: A rough
1756
National Maritime Museum
Coventry (1757), Lizard (1757),Liverpool (1757), Maidstone (1758), Acteon (1757), Shannon (1757), Active (1758), Acquillian (1758), Trent (1757), Borens (1757), Griffen (1757), Levant (1758). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan as proposed and ap
October 1756
National Maritime Museum
Coventry (1757), Lizard (1757),Liverpool (1757), Maidstone (1758), Acteon (1757), Shannon (1757), Active (1758), Acquillian (1758), Trent (1757), Borens (1757), Griffen (1757), Levant (1758). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle plan a
October 1756
National Maritime Museum
Coventry (1757), Lizard (1757),Liverpool (1757), Maidstone (1758), Acteon (1757), Shannon (1757), Active (1758), Acquillian (1758), Trent (1757), Borens (1757), Griffen (1757), Levant (1758). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan as proposed and ap
October 1756
National Maritime Museum
Coventry (1757), Lizard (1757),Liverpool (1757), Maidstone (1758), Acteon (1757), Shannon (1757), Levant (1757), Cerberus (1757), Griffin (1757), Hussar (1757), Bureas (1757), Trent (1757). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard
circa. April 1756
National Maritime Museum
Coventry Class (1756). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and profile with inboard detail, longitudinal half breadth for Coventry Class (1756) a 28-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate. Annotation at top right in pencil: "Returned from merchant B
30 September 1756
National Maritime Museum
Edgar (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Edgar (1758), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1766].
21 April 1756
National Maritime Museum
Escorte (captured 1757). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth with upper deck detail for Escorte (captured 1757), a captured French privateer prior to being fitte
Circa May-July 1757
National Maritime Museum
Liverpool (1758). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half breadth as proposed for Liverpool (1758), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate. Signed Thomas Slade (Surveyor of the Navy)
19th September 1756
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the capture of Minorca, 1756. Medal commemorating the capture of Minorca, 1756. Obverse: Head of King Louis XV in a long wig, laureate (right). Legend: 'LUD . XV . REX CHRISTIANISS.' Reverse: A winged Victory standing upon th
1756
National Maritime Museum
Naval reward medal. Naval reward medal. Obverse: Winged lion of St Mark holding a shield. Legend: 'SANCTVS MARCVS VENETVS' (Saint Mark of Venice). Exergue: '1756'. Reverse: Venetian ship firing at a galley attemping to board. Legend:
1756
National Maritime Museum
Plan of cheek for a mast for ships of 100-50 gun classes. Scale: 1:24. Plan of a cheek for a mast of ships of 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, and 50 gun ships, showing thicknesses and breadths. The black lines refer to the form of the cheeks when wrought, and the
1756
National Maritime Museum
Rose (1757); Glasgow (1757). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for Rose (1757) and Glasgow (1757), both 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloops.
May 1757
National Maritime Museum
Rose (1757); Glasgow (1757). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for Rose (1757) and Glasgow (1757), both 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloops.
1756
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Celestial pocket globe - case for the terrestrial pocket globe. Spherical case consists of two hinged hemispheres with two hook and eye clasps. It is lined with gores depicting the celestial sphere. Stars are repres
1756
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial shere show the location of the 'Antipodes to London'. The monsoons in the Indian Sea are recorded, the 'Chinese Wall
1756
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial pocket globe. The location of the 'Antipodes to London' are marked. The monsoons in the Indian Sea are recorded. The 'Chinese Wall' is depicted. California is drawn as a peninsula. Au
1756
National Maritime Museum
The Royal George. Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences for W Owen at Temple Bar 1756. Print
1756
National Maritime Museum
William Carnegie (1756-1831), 7th Earl of Northesk. (Updated September 2014) Carnegie, a younger son of the admiral sixth Earl of Northesk, entered the Navy in 1771 and became a captain in 1782. From 1788, after the death of his elder brothers, he was sty
1805
National Maritime Museum
A Geometrical Plan, and West Elevation of His Majesty's Dock Yard, near Plymouth, with the Ordnance Wharfe, &c... (with key). Print. Print. A plan of the Royal Dockyard at Plymouth, surveyed and drawn by Thomas Milton with shipping by John Clevel
2 Feb 1756
National Maritime Museum
Plate XI. A View of the Attack made on the Fort of Geriah by Admiral Watson, 13 February 1756. Print
1761
National Maritime Museum
The Attack made on Geriah Fort By Rear Admiral Watson, 13th. Feb. 1756 (plan). Two images on one sheet.; Plate X.
1761
National Maritime Museum
This Print being the Exact Representation of that Capital Ship the Great Harry built at His Majesty's Dock Yard at Woolwich in the Reign of King Henry the 8th Anno 1514.... Print
The 'Great Harry' was launched at Woolwich in 1514, during th
14 Mar 1756
National Maritime Museum
Position of the English and French Fleets at about half an hour after 2 in the Afternoon of ye 20th of May 1756 off Minorca (with key). Plate 2.
1757
National Maritime Museum
Front of the Royal Exchange. The Merchant Seamen's Office over the Royal Exchange was used for Committee Meetings by the Marine Society from July 15th 1756 to April 6th 1758. The building shown here was the second one used by the Royal Exchange. It o
1761
National Maritime Museum
41ft Mooring Lighter (1757). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, basic profile with some inboard detail, and basic longitudinal half-breadth for a proposed single-masted 41ft Mooring Lighter for Portsmouth Dockyard. There is some dispute as to wh
11 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
60ft Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for a 60ft mooring lighter (no date) for Portsmouth Dockyard.
11 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) proposed (and approved) for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford by Mr Wells.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy,
17 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck (with modified bulkheads) and forecastle proposed (and approved) for 'Shrewsbury' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Deptford by Mr Wells.
Signed by Thoma
17 August 1756
National Maritime Museum