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9 March 2004. Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard. The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer under the name La Concorde.
- March 9, 2004
- c. 1710; 313 years ago
- less than one acre
- Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
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
Jan 22, 2022 · On 22 November 1718, six months after Queen Anne’s Revenge had been run aground and abandoned, a bloody battle brought Blackbeard’s rule to an end. Taking place just off the coast of North Carolina on board the pirate ship Adventure, Lieutenant Robert Maynard engaged Blackbeard in hand-to-hand combat – the fearsome pirate suffered 20 ...
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Jan 20, 2019 · From Concorde to 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).
Aug 29, 2011 · After years of official uncertainty, North Carolina state authorities confirmed in 2011 that the shipwreck just offshore from the small beach town of Beaufort was indeed the Queen Anne’s Revenge ...
The key facts supporting that conclusion involve artifacts recovered from the wreck site, along with historical details gathered from maps and contemporary 18th-century documents. The shipwreck location and historical accounts of Queen Anne's Revenge sinking coincide with the wreck's location near Beaufort. N.C.
Underwater archaeologists documenting the Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck.* Fast forward to 1996, when the lost shipwreck was finally found by a private salvage company searching for a different wreck. They contacted the Underwater Archaeology Branch at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
