This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Clevland (1763) [alternative spelling Cleveland]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board ourline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan with plantforms for Clevland (1763), as fitted as an Armed Cutte
18 April 1763
National Maritime Museum
Endeavour (1763). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan with platforms for Endeavour (1763), as fitted as an Armed Cutter.
Signed by Edward Allin [Ma
18 April 1763
National Maritime Museum
Winchelsea (1763). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard eetail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck with platforms for Winchelsea (1763), a purchased 4-gun Cutter. Signed Edward Allin [Master Shipwri
Dated: 18 April 1763
National Maritime Museum
Niger (1759). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Niger (1759), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate, as fitted/taken off? at Portsmouth Dockyard after returning from Newfoundland.
Signed by Thomas Bucknall [M
18 July 1769
National Maritime Museum
Solebay (1763). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Solebay (1763), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Frigate, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Bucknall [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1
18 July 1769
National Maritime Museum
Tweed (1759). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and aft platform for Tweed (1759), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off/fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Bucknall [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1762-1772
18 July 1769
National Maritime Museum
Wasp (1749). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for Wasp (1749), an 8-gun Sloop, prior to a refit at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Bucknall [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1762-1772].
NMM, Progress B
18 July 1769
National Maritime Museum
56ft Waterboat (circa 1770). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details proposed for a single-masted fifty-six foot waterboat for Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by Edward Hun
18 April 1770
National Maritime Museum
31ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1775). Scale: 1:24. Plans showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 31ft flat-bottomed Boat for carrying 40 Soldiers and 16 Sailors. The plan also has an annotated list of the builder
18 October 1775
National Maritime Museum
Coureur (1778). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board and decoration and name on stern counter, sheer lines with inboard detail modifications proposed in green ink, longitudinal half-breadth, and midship section showing the clinker fr
18 September 1778
National Maritime Museum
Coureur (1778). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and fore and aft platforms, with proposed modifications in green, for 'Coureur' (1778), a captured French lugger, as modified to an 8-gun Schooner.
Signed by John Henslow [Master Shi
18 September 1778
National Maritime Museum
39ft Chain Lighter (1789). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a thirty-nine foot chain [mooring] lighter (1789).
Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
18 November 1788
National Maritime Museum
64ft Mooring Lighter (1789). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed [and approved] for a sixty-four foot mooring lighter. One was built for Portsmouth Dockyard in 1789, and a cop
18 November 1788
National Maritime Museum
64ft Mooring Lighter (1789). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the deck plan proposed [and approved] for a sixty-four foot mooring lighter. One was built for Portsmouth Dockyard in 1789.
Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1779-1
18 November 1788
National Maritime Museum
57ft Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth combined with a longitudinal half-breadth deck plan, for a proposed 57ft Mooring Lighter.
Signed by Edward Sison
18 October 1790
National Maritime Museum
Dispatch (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dispatch, a 16, later 18 gun Brig Sloop.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor
18 April 1795
National Maritime Museum
Dispatch (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Dispatch, a 16, later 18 gun Brig Sloop building at Rochester by Mr. John Nicholson.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and John Henslow [Surveyor o
18 April 1795
National Maritime Museum
Flat-bottomed Gunboats, numbers 102, 138, 141, 146, 147, 148, and 149.. No Scale. Plan showing the inboard profile of a flat-bottomed Gunboat, illustrating how Numbers 102, 138, 141, 146, 147, 148, and 149 were fitted for lowering the carronade or howitz
Circa August 1801
National Maritime Museum
'Montague' (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port framing profile (disposition) for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs to the frames replacing the rotten wood, and other timbers damaged by
18 November 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Montague' (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port profile for the lower clamp for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repair and replacement of rotten planks.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shi
18 November 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Montague' (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port profile of the lower deck wale with diminishing planking layers below, for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs and replacement of rotten woo
18 November 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Montague' (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard framing profile (disposition) for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs to the frames replacing the rotten wood, and other timbers damage
18 November 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Montague' (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile for the lower clamp for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repair and replacement of rotten planks.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Maste
18 November 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Montague' (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile of the lower deck wale with diminishing planking layers below, for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs and replacement of rotte
18 November 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Cumberland' (1807); 'Venerable' (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Cumberland' (1807) and 'Venerable' (1808), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers building at Northfleet by Mr Thomas Pitcher.
18 November 1805
National Maritime Museum
'Invincible' (1808); 'Chatham' (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the longitudinal half-breadths and profiles for the orlop deck and forward part of the lower deck for 'Invincible' (1808), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The
18 February 1807
National Maritime Museum
Warning (captured 1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheerlines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Warning (captured 1807), a captured Danish gunboat
Signed by E. Hillyer [Assistan
18 March 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
The quarterdeck was to be lengthened and the carronade port to be as per the draught.
Signed b
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard.
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
National Maritime Museum
'Black Prince' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building 'Black Prince' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Jos
18 September 1810
National Maritime Museum
Two unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighters (1812). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building two unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighter (1812), a
18 December 1811
National Maritime Museum
Two unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighters (1812). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck for building two unnamed 63ft single-masted Sailing Lighter (1812), at Topsham by Mr Robert Davy for use as stone carriers in Plymouth Sound.
Initialled by
18 December 1811
National Maritime Museum
Medina (1813); Carron (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Medina (1813) and Carron (1813), both 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloops at Bucklers Hard by Edward Adams.
Sig
18 December 1812
National Maritime Museum
Pumping system as designed by Captain Truscott and fitted to Havock (1805). Scale: 1:24 and 1:12. Plan showing an elevation with pump details for the pumping system as designed by Captain Truscott, and fitted to Havock (1805), a 14-gun Brig Sloop. The p
18 February 1814
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with some outboard detail for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as cut down and fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813.
Sig
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The lower deck used to be the orlop deck when sh
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The plan illustrates the storage divisions for t
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the platform in the hold for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The plan illustrates the storage divis
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The roundhouse was part of the quarterdeck when
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The spar deck used to be the upper deck when she
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker, as fitted for use as a Powder Hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in 1813. The upper deck used to be the lower deck when sh
18 March 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Minotaur' (1816). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section with diagrams illustrating the method of attaching the beams to the sides for 'Minotaur' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
18 May 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Implacable' (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun (lower) deck for 'Implacable' (1805), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard, and with modifications proposed by Rear Admiral Thomas Byam Martin, KCB.
Note
18 September 1815
National Maritime Museum
'Implacable' (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Implacable' (1805), a captured French Third Rate, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard, and with modifications proposed by Rear Admiral Thomas Byam Martin, KCB.
Note that
18 September 1815
National Maritime Museum
54ft Sailing Vessel (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, half-midships section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth, proposed [and approved] for a fifty-four foot sailing vessel to replace the 'William &am
18 July 1818
National Maritime Museum
Isis (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Isis (1819), a 50-gun (later 58-gun) Large Fourth Rate Frigate, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
18 August 1818
National Maritime Museum
Isis (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (upper deck) for Isis (1819), a 50-gun (later 58-gun) 'spar-deck' Large Fourth Rate Frigate, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
18 August 1818
National Maritime Museum
Isis (1819). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck (main gun deck) for Isis (1819), a 50-gun (later 58-gun) Large Fourth Rate Frigate, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
18 August 1818
National Maritime Museum
Nightingale (1825). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the rig and the sail profile for Nightingale (1825), a 2-gun Schooner.
Signed by E. Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1815-1830]
18 March 1828
National Maritime Museum
'Saint George' (1840). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sternboard outline with decoration detail, stern quarter decoration, and a faint outline of the circular stern half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Saint George' (1840), a 120-g
18 July 1835
National Maritime Museum
Violet (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for Violet (1835), a Tender to HMS Survey Sloop Fairy (1826), as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard Signed T (or J) Sturdee [possibly Assistant to the Master Shipwright?].
18 September 1835
National Maritime Museum
Albatross (1842); Bittern (1840); Elk (1847); Heron (1847); 16 gun First Class Brigs. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and framing detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 16 gun
18 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
Mercury (1837). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the inboard profile for Mercury (1837), as fitted as a single-masted Tender.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1830-1839].
18 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
Mercury (1837). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck, and the lower deck with elevations, for Mercury (1837, as fitted as a single-masted Tender.
Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1830-1839]
18 March 1837
National Maritime Museum
Arrow (1823). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Arrow (1823), a 10-gun single-masted Cutter, as designed and built by Captain Hayes. Sign
18 July 1839
National Maritime Museum
60ft Schooner (1847). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the sail profile for a 60ft Schooner (1847), built at Bombay for the South Australian Government.
Signed by J. Edye [Assistant Surveyor to William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy].
N.B. Some books hav
Circa July - August 1847
National Maritime Museum
Sketch of Roundhouses and colour lockers for Brigs (circa 1848). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a part elevation and modified plan of the quarter roundhouse showing the colour lockers as fitted to Brigs, as suggested by Admiral Parker, late Superintendant.
S
18 December 1848
National Maritime Museum
Provision tanks for all classes of warships (1852). No scale. An Admiralty office plan copied from Portsmouth Dockyard showing the provision tanks for ships of the line to 36-gun Frigates, and for 28-gun Ships and smaller, to replace the wooden tanks usu
6 February 1852
National Maritime Museum
Seaflower (1830). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck and lower deck with hold for Seaflower (1830), a 4-gun Cutter, as fitted for a Survey Vessel.
Signed by Richard Abethell [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1852-1861].
18 September 1855
National Maritime Museum
22ft Coastguard Sailing Boat (no date). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the gaff-rigged sail profile with lifting centreboard, and deck plan for a proposed twenty-two foot single-masted sailing boat for the Coastguard Service and for carrying coal.
Signed
18 October 1866
National Maritime Museum