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!
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan was later used
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop platform with fore & aft platforms for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich D
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle with continuous gangways for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woo
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Barham' (1811); 'Vindictive' (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan was later used
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Dublin' (1812). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the starboard stern quarter illustrating further alterations made to the gallery window level for 'Dublin' (1812), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, after being cut down (razeed) to a 50-gun Fo
21 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Eagle' (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Eagle' (1804), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Chatham Dockyard in 1831.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Ch
9 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
'Elvira' (1835). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for 'Elvira' (1835), a 99ft three-masted barque-rigged merchant ship. Mould Loft Number 86 (85 crossed out).
circa 1835
National Maritime Museum
'Steady Marines by the Right Dress. A sudden squall during drill' (caricature from 'Journal of a Landsman'). One of Seymour's 14 images (on eight sheets) and 10 vignetees in his 'Journal of a Landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbo
1831
National Maritime Museum
. Kit bag. Hand-sewn in cotton duck. Painted with the name of the owner 'C. WILTSHIRE', in yellow lettering within a blue border. The paint is oil based.
1874-1900
National Maritime Museum
. Obverse: Head of King Charles XIV (R). Legend: "CARLUS XIV JOH.REX SVECIAE ET NORVEGIAE". Reverse: Within a wreath, inscription: "ILLIS QVORUM MERUERE LABORES". Inscription on edge: "MR.AARON BURTON OF DEAL FOR SAVING THE LIVES
1831
National Maritime Museum
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NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 328, states that 'Charybdis' was in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1831 had had her guns refitted. Volume 7, folio 15, states that 'Brisk' arrived in Portsmouth Dockyard on 22 May 1829 and was dock
1831
National Maritime Museum
. Silver 'Masonic' badge made in the form of an eight-pointed star, the badge comes complete with a suspension ring. The centre of the badge is decorated with a gilt profile portrait depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), executed on
1831
National Maritime Museum
A Dutch Boeier in a Fresh Breeze. A boeier flying the Dutch flag is portrayed apparently setting her sprit in a fresh breeze, with a variety of shipping visible beyond to left and right. A boeier is a small Dutch sprit-rigged seagoing merchant vessel with
1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and plan of part of the magazine and ballast for Barham (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, which had been cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate in 1826 at Woolwich. She was th
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for America (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, during the process of cutting her down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate. The plan was then sent to Woolwich Dockyard for the
31 January 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Barham (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, which had been cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate in 1826 at Woolwich. She was then fitted for sea at Woolwich in 1831 for
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Barham (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, which had been cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate in 1826 at Woolwich. She was then fitted fo
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
America (1810); Barham (1811); Gloucester (1812). Scale: 1:48. This is a contemporary copy of a plan from Plymouth Dockyard showing the inboard profile for America (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker while being cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frig
6 August 1831
National Maritime Museum
An accommodation hulk, Portsmouth harbour (1831) (Dolphin?). original art: drawing
1831
National Maritime Museum
Barham (1811); Vindictive (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Barham' (1811), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down to a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan was later used for 'Vindictiv
29 June 1831
National Maritime Museum
Cocker's Solution of the Slave Question. Hand-coloured lithograph divided into four scenes. The first two are meant as a contrast and have the inscription above them: 'As the Soldier is to the Starving Operative' while above the second pai
1831
National Maritime Museum
Echo (1827). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the galley, illustrating the method of fitting it to the upper deck of Echo (1827), a 4-gun paddle steamer.
Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1830-1837].
20 July 1831
National Maritime Museum
Fo'c'sle of a Berwick Smack. A portrait of two unknown sailors set among wooden beams in the fo'c'sle of a smack. Berwick smacks were sailing vessels that carried salmon and other cargo together with passengers, to London, before the c
1831
National Maritime Museum
Gambier's Group, (inhabited) surveyed by Captn. F.W.Beechey R.N. F.R.S. 1826.. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Additional atlas guard on left edge. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long. Variation shown. Additiona
1831
National Maritime Museum
HMS Columbine and Other Vessels off Lisbon. A squadron of experimental ships off the Rock of Lisbon, Portugal, with the 'Columbine', 18 guns, shown broadside in full sail. The other ships of the squadron can be seen to the right and left. In the
1831
National Maritime Museum
HMS Snake (1831); Warship; 16 gun brig. Scale: Unknown. A sectional model depicting a gun port on the 16 gun brig HMS Snake (1832), made in wood and painted in realistic colours. The staple or cranks for the bar to fit in for raising and lowering gun port
1831
National Maritime Museum
London Docks, looking west. Print entitled 'London Docks, looking west'. 'Plate 133'. Technique includes etching. This is another of the same series as PAD1436 and PAD1437, the identity of which remains to be clarified.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Long boat No 1 (1831). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan with modifications, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for the 25ft Longboat No 1 (circa 1831).
The identity of this plan is uncertain. The pencil annotations are undated with an un
circa 1831
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Admiral Gustavus af Psilander (1669-1738). Medal commemorating Admiral Gustavus af Psilander (1669-1738). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Psilander in long wig and uniform (right). Legend: 'GUST . A PSILANDER L . B . THALASSIARCHA.'
1831
National Maritime Museum
Medal Commemorating the Coronation of William IV. The obverse of the medal depicts busts of William IV (1765–1837) and Queen Adelaide (1792–1849) facing right. It has the legend: 'THEIR MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTIES WILLIAM AND ADELAIDE'.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the death of Lieutenant Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk, 1831. Medal commemorating the death of Lieutenant Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk, 1831. Obverse: A draped female figure, with an extinguished torch, placing a laurel wreath on an pede
1831
National Maritime Museum
Old London Bridge and the north bank of the Thames showing the church of St Magnus the Martyr and the Monument. Mounted with PAF3122-PAF3141, PAF3143-PAF3160.
Edward William Cooke’s 1831 etching of the old London Bridge and the north (City) bank of
1831
National Maritime Museum
Panoramic views of Portsmouth harbour from the West. Mounted with PAE5463.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Robe of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. This robe is for a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. It is of crimson silk lined with white and has lacing on the left shoulder, below which the star of the order is worn. There are two tas
1831
National Maritime Museum
Robe of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Two tassels joined together by a cord for the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath robe.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Robe of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. White silk shoulder decoration.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Rover (cancelled 1831); Scout (1832). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section for Rover (cancelled 1831) and Scout (1832), both 18-gun sloops building at Chatham Dockyard. Rover's name was transferred to a different design in November 1831.
28 October 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Snake (1832), a 16-gun Second Class Brig, by Contract. Along with her sister-ship HMS Serpent (1832), she was built by Messrs Fletcher &
3 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the lower deck for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 181
6 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy
21 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 183
23 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for building Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Second Class Brigs, at Limehouse by Messrs Fletcher & Fearnall.
Initialled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 181
23 December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Ringdove (1833); Sappho (1837); Wolverine (1836); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (1836); Lily (1837).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for Snake (1832) and Serpent
Circa November to early December 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (18236); Ringdove (1833); Wolverine (1836); Sappho (1837); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Brigs building a
November 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (18236); Ringdove (1833); Wolverine (1836); Sappho (1837); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Brigs building at Lim
Circa November 1831
National Maritime Museum
Snake (1832); Serpent (1832); Racer (1833); Wanderer (1835); Harlequin (18236); Ringdove (1833); Wolverine (1836); Sappho (1837); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Snake (1832) and Serpent (1832), both 16-gun Brigs building at Lim
November 1831
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial inflatable globe. Terrestrial inflatable globe. Geographical details on the gores show the locations of the 'Antipodes of Greenwich', and 'Paris' and 'Munchen' are marked. There are two notes on the passage to Ind
1831
National Maritime Museum
The 'Dreadnought', 104 Guns, At present Lying off Greenwich For The Seamen's Hospital. For notes see PAD6061. Although similar to the plates in Cooke's 'Shipping and Craft' of 1829, this is in a larger format and was done as
1831
National Maritime Museum
The Launch of H.M. 84 Gun Ship The Thunderer at Woolwich Dockyard 1831. The 'Thunderer' was a first-rate ship of the line. A ship's 'rate' was basically decided by the number of guns she carried, from the largest 120-gun first-rat
1831
National Maritime Museum
The Paddle Steamer 'Ariel'. A scene showing shipping on the Wirral, now known as New Brighton, Liverpool. In the background is the Perch Rock Fort and Lighthouse. Other shipping is also depicted, including another paddle steamer on the left, tog
1831
National Maritime Museum
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch, G.C.B. - K.T.S. Technique includes etching.
1831
National Maritime Museum
Trigonometrical survey of the entrances to the rivers at the head of the Persian Gulf, by Lieuts. G.B. Brucks & S.B. Haines, H.C. Marine,1827.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:75 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 31 degrees. Ungraduated. High
1831
National Maritime Museum
Zijne K H Willem Karel Frederik, Admiraal der Nederlandsche vloot, enz. Text in Dutch below image.
1831
National Maritime Museum