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).
'Rodney' (1833). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Rodney' (1833), a 92-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted in 1840, with alterations to the coal hold, magazine, and the masts.
Signed by T. F. Hawkes [Master Shipwri
22 August 840
National Maritime Museum
'Minorca' (1740). Scale: possibly 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for 'Minorca' (1740), a single-masted ex-Deptford lighter.
On the reverse is
circa August 1743
National Maritime Museum
Royal Caroline (1750). Scale 1:48. A drawing of the Royal yacht Royal Caroline (1750), dated August 1749. Showing sheer lines with inboard detail, stern board, and a plan of the upper deck. With the following inscriptions:
-'New ship in the room o
August 1749
National Maritime Museum
Viper (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth, hold with fore & aft platforms, and fittings for the upper deck for Viper (1756), an early two-masted 10-gun Sloop.
Circa August 1755
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
'Shrewsbury' (1758). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper 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, 1755-1771].
17 August 1756
National Maritime Museum
Britannia (1762). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and basic longitudinal half-breadth for Britannia (1762), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker.
Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1771] and William Bately [Surveyo
1 August 1757
National Maritime Museum
'Hayling' (1760). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile with pencil modifications, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for 'Hayling' (1760), a single-masted sixty-six foot timber hoy for Portsmouth Doc
3 August 1759
National Maritime Museum
'Unity' (1707?), and 'Forester' (1748). No Scale. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth with deck details, for 'Unity' (1707?), and 'Forester' (1748), both single-masted sixty-six
3 August 1759
National Maritime Museum
'Hayling' (1760). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and scroll head, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Hayling' (1760), a single-masted sixty-six foot timber
30 August 1759
National Maritime Museum
'Resolution' (1758). Scale: 1:48. A 1765 copy of a circa 1758 original showing the inboard profile proposed (and accepted) for 'Resolution' (1758), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Northam by Mr. Bird.
August 1765
National Maritime Museum
Ferret (1760). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Ferret (1760), a 14-gun Ship Sloop. The plan illustrates the ship as she was surveyed at Woolwich Dockyard in 1768 and with the later alte
16 August 1768
National Maritime Museum
Lord Camden (fl 1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sheer profile (one waterline) as taken off afloat for the Lord Camdon, a prize taken by Prince of Wales (1765) in July 1777. It seems that this vessel was not purchased by the Admiralty.
Signed by Jo
August 1777
National Maritime Museum
Caesar (cancelled 1783); Bulwark (cancelled 1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Caesar' (cancelled 1783), and in 1778 for 'Bulwark' (c
1 August 1777
National Maritime Museum
Alcide (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Alcide (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
11 August 1779
National Maritime Museum
Alcide (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, gun deck (lower deck), orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Alcide (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
11 August 1779
National Maritime Museum
'Prince William' (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Prince William' (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, as taken off? at Portsmouth Dock
15 August 1780
National Maritime Museum
'Princessa' (1780). Scale: 1:48. Body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Princessa' (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, prior to fitting as a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by George Wh
15 August 1780
National Maritime Museum
'Ardent' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun (lower) deck for 'Ardent' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Bursledon by Messrs Stares and Parsons.
Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784].
August 1781
National Maritime Museum
'Ardent' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Ardent' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Bursledon by Messrs Stares and Parsons.
Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Nav
August 1781
National Maritime Museum
'Ardent' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Ardent' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Bursledon by Messrs Stares and Parsons.
Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784]
August 1781
National Maritime Museum
'Ardent' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Ardent' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker building at Bursledon by Messrs Stares and Parsons.
Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784].
August 1781
National Maritime Museum
42ft Gunboat (1781). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 42ft Gunboat, with a stern-mounted gun.
23 August 1781
National Maritime Museum
Squirrel (1785). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the sternboard and counter with some framings as proposed, and approved, for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton.
13th August 1783
National Maritime Museum
Squirrel (1785). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the Inboard profile plan for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton.
Annotation in top right: "A Copy was sent to Mr Barton 14th August 1783 for building the
14th August 1783
National Maritime Museum
Timber carriage (circa 1786). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the sections through the axles, the side elevation, and a plan view for a carriage to transport timber. The plan also includes the reference relating to the various components, the materials to be
12 August 1786
National Maritime Museum
Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel.
Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 179
5 August 1789
National Maritime Museum
Sorlings (1789). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the upper deck with some details for Sorlings (1789), a purchased Survey Vessel.
Signed by Martin Ware [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, March 1787 - June 1795].
5 August 1789
National Maritime Museum
Foudroyant (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Foudroyant (1798), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Plymouth Dockyard. A copy of this with the deck plans was sent to Plymouth Dockyard on 14 January 1790. The pencil altera
24 August 1789
National Maritime Museum
Monarca (1780). No scale. Plan showing a part elevation, and two sections illustrating a method of stopping shot holes in warships, as tried in Portsmouth Dockyard on Monarca (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, fitted as a 68-gun Third Rate, two-decke
9 August 1791
National Maritime Museum
'Royal Escape' (1743). 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 the 'Royal Escape' (1743), a single-masted sailing Lighter bu
26 August 1791
National Maritime Museum
Lion (1777) [alternative spelling Lyon]. No scale. Plan showing the quarter deck, after part of the upper deck, and after part of the lower deck for Lyon (1777), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as modfied and fitted for the reception of Lord Macartney,
20 August 1792
National Maritime Museum
Proposed Magazine lantern. Scale: 1:6. Plan showing front, side and back elevations for a proposed Magazine lantern.
Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
August 1794
National Maritime Museum
26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl. Thsi plan recorded as Draught No. 3 [See ZAZ7122 for Draught No. 1].
Annotation dated: 9 August 1794
National Maritime Museum
21 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 21 ft Yawl.
Annotations dated: 19 June and 30 August 1794
National Maritime Museum
William (purchased 1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section, inboard profile, and deck plan for William (1795), a Barge as fitted as a one-gun Gunboat for Sir Sydney Smith. Plan shows the single 24 pounder cannon mounted in the bow, and two
August 1795
National Maritime Museum
50ft Buoy Boat (1795). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed [and approved] for a fifty foot buoy boat, later built at Portsmouth.
Signed by Edward Tippet [Master Shipwr
8 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Achille (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth for 'Achille' (1798), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, based on the 'Pompee' (1793), a captured French Third Rate. The plan incorporates t
14 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Achille (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Achille' (1798), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Gravesend by Mr Cleverley, based on the 'Pompee' (1793), a captured French Third Rate.
Sig
14 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
Arab (captured 1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with port side stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Arab (captured 1795), a captured French 16-gun Sloop (corvette), as taken off at Portsmou
14 August 1795
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the inboard profile for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy,1784-1806], and William Rule
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun, Third rate, two-decker.
Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [Surveyor of the Na
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, prior to the modifications to the carronade ports on the quarterdeck.
Initialled by John Henslow
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [S
11 August 1797
National Maritime Museum
Bonetta (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for the Bonetta (captured 1798), a captured French privateer, as fitted as an 18-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwr
August 1798
National Maritime Museum
32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 32 ft Pinnace. Signed Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1795-?].
Dated: 2 August 1798
National Maritime Museum
Flibustier (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing sections through Station 6 and Station 2, body plan with transom outline, sheer lines with inboard details, and deck with longitudinal half-breadth for Flibustier (1798), a captured French one-gun Gun
4 August 1798
National Maritime Museum
Bonetta (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bonetta (captured 1798), a captured French privateer, as fitted as an 18-gun Ship
16 August 1798
National Maritime Museum
'Boyne' (1810); 'Union' (1811); 'Princess Charlotte' (1825); 'Royal Adelaide' (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Boyne' (1810), and later for &
13 August 1801
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
Prince of Wales (fl.1801). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Prince of Wales (fl.1801), a 67ft Rowing Galley. She may have been a rowing gunboat.
Signed by Nicholas Diddams [
25 August 1801
National Maritime Museum
'Ant' (1798). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck and quarter deck for 'Ant' (1798), a schooner-rigged tender. It is not known if the 'Ant' was a purchased merchant vessel, or an ex-French vessel. The date and place i
circa August 1803
National Maritime Museum
Lighter Number 1 (1804). No scale. A plan showing the upper deck for Lighter Number 1, a single-masted thirty-five foot lighter for Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1801-1816].
29 August 1803
National Maritime Museum
Lighter Number 2 (1804). No scale. A plan showing the upper deck of Lighter Number 2 (1804), a single-masted thirty-five foot lighter for Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1801-1816].
29 August 1803
National Maritime Museum
'Project' (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan for the 'Project' (1806). The plan also depicts a modified midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail showing the mortar beds, a longitudinal half-breadth, and upper deck
5 August 1805
National Maritime Museum
'Dove' (1805?). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for 'Dove' (1805?), a four gun despatch cutter. There is some confusion as to whether this is the vessel that was the ex-mercantile cutter 'Ariadne' (
7 August 1805
National Maritime Museum
64ft Water Carrier (1806). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, modified sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and midship section proposed [and approved] for a sixty-four foot water carrier (1806).
29 August 1806
National Maritime Museum
64ft Water Carrier (1806). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the deck and platforms proposed [and approved] for a sixty-four foot water carrier (1806).
Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813], and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806
29 August 1806
National Maritime Museum
Pelican (captured 1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Pelican (captured 1806), a captured French Brig, as taken off. The dotted red lines illustrate
13 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Pelican (captured 1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Pelican (captured 1806), a captured French Brig, as taken off. The dotted black lines illustrate her as fitted as an 18-gun Brig Sloop at Portsmouth Dock
13 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] a
6 August 1806
National Maritime Museum
'Dromedary' (1808). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the partial inboard profile, and fore and aft platforms for 'Howe' (1805), purchased in India as a frigate, with annotations for her conversion to a twenty-four gun storeship, and rename
31 August 1807
National Maritime Museum
Ornen (1807). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, longitudinal half-breadth, and upper deck with platforms, for 'Ornen' (1807), a captured Danish Paket, now a Schoone
22 August 1808
National Maritime Museum
Achates (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration detail, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Achates (captured 1809), a captured French Bri
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Achates (captured 1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Achates (captured 1809), a captured French Brig as fitted at Deptford Dockyard as a 16-gun Brig.
Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptfor
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Salisbury (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building Salisbury (1814), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Salisbury (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Salisbury (1814), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, at Deptford Dockyard.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
14 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Cambridge (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with 'pink' stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cambridge (1815), an 80-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-181
15 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with proposed alterations to the bulkhead and stem for the Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham.
Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard 1806-1813].
21 August 1810
National Maritime Museum
Diligent (captured circa 1800). No scale. Plan showing an incomplete inboard profile, the poop deck, upper deck, and lower deck for Diligent (captured circa 1800), a captured French Storeship, used as a Storeship at Woolwich Dockyard.
Signed by Edward S
24 August 1811
National Maritime Museum
Hindostan (1804). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the inboard profile, spar deck, upper deck, gun deck, and orlop deck for Hindostan (1804), a purchased East Indiaman as converted to a Storeship at Woolwich in 1811. The plan also includes further alterations
29 August 1811
National Maritime Museum
'Sealark (1811). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Sealark' (1811), a captured American Schooner, as taken off and fitted in May 1812 for
10 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
Sealark' (1811). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and platforms for 'Sealark' (1811), a captured American Schooner, as taken off and fitted in May 1812 for a 10-gun Schooner.
Signed by Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwrigh
10 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Swallow' (1812). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for the 'Swallow' (1812), a single-masted forty-five foot longboat built at Deptford
22 August 1812
National Maritime Museum
'Princess Charlotte' (1825). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth as originally prepared for Princess Charlotte (1825), a 100/110-gun, First Rate, three-decker. The plan was altered in February 181
27 August 1813
National Maritime Museum
Ramillies (1785). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing an elevation illustrating the sytem for pumping water from casks in the hold to the upper deck, and a pump elevation, as designed by Captain Truscott, and fitted to Ramillies (1785), a 74 gun, Third Rate, two d
28 August 1815
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
6 pounder Carronade fitted to Revenue Cutters. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing a plan and elevation illustrating the method of fitting a 6 pounder carronade to HM Revenue Cutters. Original signed J. Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy,1813-1833] and R. Seppings [Surv
Original plan dated: 27 Aug 1822
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarter elevation, and deck plans for the after parts of the roundhouse, quarterdeck, and upper deck illustrating the layout of the circular stern for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. A cop
10 August 1830
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Griffon (1832), Forester (1832), Buzzard (1834), Lynx (1833), and Termagant (1838).. Scale possibly: 1:96. Plan showing the 'hermaphrodite' rig (brigantine), stern board outline, and half deck plan for Griffon (1832) and Forester (1832), as wel
16 August 1832
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'Curlew' (1840), ['Dispatch' (1841)?]. Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Curlew', a 37ft single-masted Revenue Cutter. If the pencil annot
17 August 1840
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Queen (1839); Algiers (cancelled 1840); Windsor Castle (1858); Frederick William (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Queen (1839), a 110-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan Algiers (cancelled 1840), and initially for
17 August 1840
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Sarah Sands (1846). scale: 1:64. Plan showing the after body plan, and the sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth from the midships to the stern on the four-masted iron steam ship Sarah Sands (1846).
Signed by John Grantham [Consulting Engineer, Live
16 August 1847
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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
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Method of fitting guns to the launch of Phaeton (1848). No scale. Plan showing a part elevation and plan for the bow and stern of the launch for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun, Fourth Rate Frigate, illustrating the fitting of guns to fire over the bow and ster
15 August 1851
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38 ft Barge or 38 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a 38 ft Barge or 38 ft Pinnace with sliding gun mounts for and aft.
The annotations indicate th
Dated: August 1855
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'Warrior' (1860). No scale. A plan showing a proposed four-masted rig for the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860). The drawing is accompanied by detailed explanatory notes. These cover the rationale behind the proposal and also some of
August 1861
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29ft Steam Pinnace No.47 for Britannia (1869). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, for a 29ft Steam Pinnace No.47 for Britannia (1869), a boy's training ship at Da
16 August 1872
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HMS Minotaur (1906). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the fore/aft body, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur (1906).
August 1904
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27ft Whaler (1904). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 27ft Whaler.
Signed by Edwin Beaton [Chief Constructor, Sheerness Dockyard, (lent) 1903, (permenant), 1904-1913]
15 August 1904
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