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).
'Bedford' (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration [part of plan missing], sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Bedford' (1775), as built at Woolwich Dock
Circa October to November 1775
National Maritime Museum
Argo (1758). Scale 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for Argo (1758) ), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate, as fitted at Portsmouth in March 1775.
1775
National Maritime Museum
Coventry (1757). Scale 1:96. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and fore and aft platforms for Coventry (1757) , a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate as taken off at Chatham Dockyard in 1775. Signed Israel Pownoll (Master Shipwrig
circa. March 1775
National Maritime Museum
Diadem (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Magnanime (1780), and in 1776 approved for Sampson (1781), and in 1778 for Diadem (1782), all
6 November 1775
National Maritime Museum
Leopard (1790); Hannibal (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bod plan, sheer lines, and longirudinal half-breadth proposed for Leopard (1790), and later in May 1776 proposed for Hannibal (1779), both 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deckers.
Note that the plan
4 November 1775
National Maritime Museum
Medusa (1785). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Medusa (1785), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
4 August 1775
National Maritime Museum
Orpheus (1774). Scale 1:96. Plan showing the quaterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, and lower deck for Orpheus (1774), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off at Plymouth Dockyard in September 1775.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 250, states that
c. September 1775
National Maritime Museum
Royal Sovereign (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan also illustrates the alterations to the mast positions during her refit at Plymouth Dockyard between June and Ju
circa May 1775
National Maritime Museum
Shannon (1796), Maidstone (1796). Scale 1:48. Plann showing the body plan, sheer lines with scroll figurehead and longitudinal half breadth proposed and approved for Shannon (1796), Maidstone (1796), both 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigats to be built of fir at D
2 February 1795
National Maritime Museum
Siren/Syren (1773). Scale 1:96. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and fore and aft platforms for Siren/Syren (1773), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate as taken off at Chatham Dockyard in 1775.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, f
1775
National Maritime Museum
Sphinx (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration and her name on the counter, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Sphinx (1775), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, as built at Port
Circa October-November 1775
National Maritime Museum
Sphinx (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & after platform with some fittings for Sphinx (1775), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, possibly as built.
Circa 1775
National Maritime Museum
Sphinx (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with some fittings for Sphinx (1775), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, possibly as built.
Circa 1775
National Maritime Museum
Sphinx (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Sphinx (1775), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, possibly as built.
Circa 1775
National Maritime Museum
Sphinx (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with some fittings for Sphinx (1775), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, possibly as built.
Circa 1775
National Maritime Museum
Unicorn (1776); Perseus (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Unicorn (1776) and Perseus (1776), both 20-gun Sixth Rates building at Rotherhithe by John Randall & Co.
Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784]
8 December 1775
National Maritime Museum
Berwick (1775); Bombay Castle 1782); Powerful (1783); Defiance (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard decoration and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Berwick (1
1775
National Maritime Museum
Adventure (1771). No proper scale (possibly 1:96). Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, hold and platforms for Adventure (1771), a 10-gun Ship-rigged Exploration Vessel, as she entered the double dock at Deptford to be fitted as a Storeship for Halif
8 March 1775
National Maritime Museum
30ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1775). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile and deck plan for a 16-oared, 30ft flat-bottomed Boat, to carry 40 Soldiers and 16 Sailors. Copies were sent out in 1799 and 1800.
Signed by John
26 July 1775
National Maritime Museum
Atalanta (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Atalanta (1775), a 14 (later 16) gun Ship Sloop as built at Sheerness Dockyard
1 September 1775
National Maritime Museum
Atalanta (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Atalanta (1775), a 14 (later 16) gun Ship Sloop as built at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1773-1778]
1 September 1775
National Maritime Museum
Atalanta (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, and upper deck for Atalanta (1775), a 14 (later 16) gun Ship Sloop as built at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1773-1778]
1 September 1775
National Maritime Museum
Deal Castle (1756). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and fore & aft platforms for Deal Castle (1756), a 20-gun Sixth Rate. The plan illustrates her as taken off at Sheerness in August 1775 showing the Sta
14 September 1775
National Maritime Museum
Diadem (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Magnanime (1780), and in 1776 approved for Sampson (1781), and in 1778 for Diadem (1782), all
10 October 1775
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
Milford (1759). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Milford (1759), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Frigate, as taken off at Chatham in November 1775 when fitting for foreign service.
Initi
November 1775
National Maritime Museum
Perseus (1776); Unicorn (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Perseus (1776) and Unicorn (1776), both 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloops at Rotherhithe by Messrs Randall.
Signed by John WIlliams [
17 November 1775
National Maritime Museum
Bristol (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board decoration detail with the name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bristol (1775), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, as bu
1 December 1775
National Maritime Museum
Bristol (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Bristol (1775), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, as built at Sheerness Dockyard.
Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1773-1778].
1 December 1775
National Maritime Museum