Queen Anne's Revenge
The Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of Blackbeard's famous pirate ship. Originally named La Concorde, this french slave-ship was captured by pirate Captain Benjamin Hornigold on November 28, 1717 near the island of Martinique. Hornigold turned the ship over to one of his pirates - Edward Teach, who was later known as Blackbeard, and made him Captain. Blackbeard converted La Concorde into his flagship and renamed it the Queen Anne's Revenge. With it he ranged the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean, taking English, Dutch and Portuguese ships.
"Queen Anne's Revenge" was described as a 300-ton frigate armed with 40 cannons. Her name may have come from the War of the Spanish Succession, which was known in the Americas as "Queen Anne's war and in which Blackbeard was thought to have fought.
Queen Anne's Revenge reportedly ran aground attempting to enter Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina along with the sister ship, Adventure while being pursued by Lieutenant Robert Maynard, Captain of the HMS Pearl. Maynard had been sent to capture Blackbeard by the governor of Virginia, Alexander Spottswood. Blackbeard was killed and his pirate crew captured.
In 2005, researchers believe they have found the famous flagship two miles from the North Carolina shore and are raising cannons and other artifacts hoping to prove it to be the Queen Anne's Revenge. 20 cannons and more than 16,000 artifacts have been recovered from the wreckage.
The research and recovery team include Bradley Rodgers from East Carolina University and project director, Mark Wilde-Ramsing.
See Also
External link
- North Carolina Office of Archives and History: Special Section on BlackBeard
- Queen Anne's Revenge Archaeological Site