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Encounter artifacts from Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, formerly the French slave-trading vessel La Concorde. Examine artifacts recovered from eastern NC and learn more about how science and the arts meet to record and care for local history!
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The Queen Anne's Revenge/La Concorde artifact assemblage...
- The Ship's Journey
A Wealth of Slaves and Sugar. Prominent French merchant Rene...
- History
Queen Anne's Revenge was the flagship of Edward Teach, also...
- Conservation
The Queen Anne's Revenge Lab . Map of the Shipwreck ....
- Research
View a sortable and filterable table of all reports in the...
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The Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville, NC...
- Events
The Queen Anne's Revenge Lab; Mapping the Site; Artifacts;...
- News
Learn the story behind the enigmatic pirate captain who...
- About
Queen Anne’s Revenge was the flagship of Edward Teach, also...
- Blog
Welcome to our blog! Follow the final journey of the French...
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Jul 31, 2013 · It’s been almost 300 years since Blackbeard’s ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge run aground near Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1718, but he’s still one of the most fearsome pirates in history.
- Allison Meier
- From Concorde to Queen Anne's Revenge
- The Ultimate Pirate Ship
- The Queen Anne's Revenge Sinks
- The Wreck of The Queen Anne’s Revenge
On November 17, 1717, Blackbeard captured La Concorde, a French slaving vessel. He realized that it would make a perfect pirate ship. It was large yet fast and big enough to mount 40 cannons on board. He renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge: the name referred to Anne, Queen of England and Scotland (1665-1714). Many pirates, including Blackbeard,were Jac...
Blackbeard preferred to intimidate his victims into surrendering, as fights were costly. For several months in 1717-18, Blackbeard used the Queen Anne's Revenge to effectively terrorize shipping in the Atlantic. Between the massive frigate and his own fearsome appearance and reputation, Blackbeard's victims rarely put up a fight and handed over the...
In June of 1718, the Queen Anne's Revenge hit a sandbar off of North Carolina and had to be abandoned. Blackbeard took the opportunity to make off with all of the loot and a select few of his favorite pirates, leaving the others (including hapless pirate Stede Bonnet) to fend for themselves. Because Blackbeard went legit (sort of) for a little whil...
In 1996, a shipwreck believed to be that of the Queen Anne's Revenge was discovered off of North Carolina. For 15 years it was excavated and studied, and in 2011 it was confirmed to be Blackbeard's ship. The shipwreck has yielded many interesting artifacts, including weapons, cannons, medical gear and a massive anchor. Many of the artifacts are on ...
Jan 22, 2022 · With room for 300 crew and 40 guns, the vessel, renamed Queen Anne’s Revenge – thought to be a nod to Blackbeard’s Jacobite beliefs and his desire to see the Stuart dynasty and Queen Anne’s heirs restored to the throne – became the flagship of his fleet.
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Learn about Blackbeard's fragmented past, including the story of how the Queen Anne's Revenge, formerly a slave ship, came into the pirate's possession.
In the summer of 1718 two large wooden ships sank in the sandy shoals of Beaufort Inlet, formerly Topsail Inlet, about one mile off the coast. These two ships, known then as the Adventure and Queen Anne’s Revenge, were pirate ships commanded by the notorious Captain Thache, also known as Blackbeard. Having run the larger QAR ship aground on a ...
Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of Blackbeard 's famous pirate ship. Built in 1710 as the Concord, it was captured by the French in 1711 and by pirates in 1717, before being run aground on an island near North Carolina.
