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:''For the Flogging Molly song, see Queen Anne's Revenge (song).''
The '''Queen Anne's Revenge''' was the name of the pirate Blackbeard's infamous flagship.
Originally named ''Concord'', the vessel was built by Britain in 1710, but captured by the French a year later. The ship was modified to hold more cargo and renamed ''La Concorde''. The slave-ship was captured again by the 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, adding 20 guns and renaming her the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. With it he ranged the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean, attacking British, Dutch and Portuguese ships.
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' was described as a 300-ton frigate armed with 40 guns. 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 known to have fought.
Shortly after ransoming Charleston harbour and refusing to accept the Governor's pardon, Blackbeard ran ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' aground while attempting to enter Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Blackbeard disbanded the flotilla, and escaped by transferring supplies onto a smaller ship, ''Adventure''. The pirate captain abandoned several crew members on a small island nearby, who were later rescued by Captain Stede Bonnet. Some sources suggest that Blackbeard purposefully grounded the ships as an excuse to disperse the crew. Shortly afterward he accepted a royal pardon for himself and his remaining crew from governor Charles Eden at Bath, NC.
In 1996, Intersall, Inc, a private research and recovery company, discovered the remains of a vessel which they believe to be the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. The location of the vessel is in the Atlantic Ocean in shallow water offshore from Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Several of the guns and more than 16,000 artifacts have been recovered from the wreckage, however none of them appear to be of French origin (as would be expected from a French slave ship), but are mainly British. This therefore raises doubts about the identification of the vessel as the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. Recovery of artifacts from the site continues in the current 2006 field season, under the supervision of Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch.
Both the identity of the vessel and the ethics of the state of North Carolina's collaboration with Intersall, Inc, have been questioned by members of the professional archaeological community in a 2005 article in the ''International Journal of Nautical Archaeology''.
In November 2006, more artifacts were discovered at the site and brought to the surface. The additional artifacts appear to support the claim that the wreck is that of the Queen Anne's Revenge. Among current evidence to support this theory is the fact that the cannons were found loaded and there were more than would be expected for a ship of such a size. But criticism over recovery efforts and the apparent lack of progress was lodged by the discoverer of the wreck against the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the project director in the Carteret County News-Times, a newspaper in Morehead City, North Carolina.
The Queen Anne's Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The reference number is 04000148. It is listed as owned by the state of North Carolina and the closest city being Morehead City, North Carolina.[1]
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is seen at the end of the movie Anne of the Indies when she sunk another pirate ship, ''Sheeba Queen''.
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is also the name of a song by the band Flogging Molly
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is the name given to Findlay Napier and Nick Turner's song-writing project.
1. National Register of Historical Places - NORTH CAROLINA (NC), Carteret County
★ North Carolina Office of Archives and History: Special Section on BlackBeard
★ Queen Anne's Revenge Archaeological Site
The '''Queen Anne's Revenge''' was the name of the pirate Blackbeard's infamous flagship.
| Contents |
| History |
| Possible discovery |
| National Register of Historic Places |
| In popular culture |
| References |
| External links |
History
Originally named ''Concord'', the vessel was built by Britain in 1710, but captured by the French a year later. The ship was modified to hold more cargo and renamed ''La Concorde''. The slave-ship was captured again by the 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, adding 20 guns and renaming her the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. With it he ranged the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean, attacking British, Dutch and Portuguese ships.
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' was described as a 300-ton frigate armed with 40 guns. 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 known to have fought.
Shortly after ransoming Charleston harbour and refusing to accept the Governor's pardon, Blackbeard ran ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' aground while attempting to enter Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Blackbeard disbanded the flotilla, and escaped by transferring supplies onto a smaller ship, ''Adventure''. The pirate captain abandoned several crew members on a small island nearby, who were later rescued by Captain Stede Bonnet. Some sources suggest that Blackbeard purposefully grounded the ships as an excuse to disperse the crew. Shortly afterward he accepted a royal pardon for himself and his remaining crew from governor Charles Eden at Bath, NC.
Possible discovery
In 1996, Intersall, Inc, a private research and recovery company, discovered the remains of a vessel which they believe to be the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. The location of the vessel is in the Atlantic Ocean in shallow water offshore from Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Several of the guns and more than 16,000 artifacts have been recovered from the wreckage, however none of them appear to be of French origin (as would be expected from a French slave ship), but are mainly British. This therefore raises doubts about the identification of the vessel as the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. Recovery of artifacts from the site continues in the current 2006 field season, under the supervision of Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch.
Both the identity of the vessel and the ethics of the state of North Carolina's collaboration with Intersall, Inc, have been questioned by members of the professional archaeological community in a 2005 article in the ''International Journal of Nautical Archaeology''.
In November 2006, more artifacts were discovered at the site and brought to the surface. The additional artifacts appear to support the claim that the wreck is that of the Queen Anne's Revenge. Among current evidence to support this theory is the fact that the cannons were found loaded and there were more than would be expected for a ship of such a size. But criticism over recovery efforts and the apparent lack of progress was lodged by the discoverer of the wreck against the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the project director in the Carteret County News-Times, a newspaper in Morehead City, North Carolina.
National Register of Historic Places
The Queen Anne's Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The reference number is 04000148. It is listed as owned by the state of North Carolina and the closest city being Morehead City, North Carolina.[1]
In popular culture
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is seen at the end of the movie Anne of the Indies when she sunk another pirate ship, ''Sheeba Queen''.
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is also the name of a song by the band Flogging Molly
''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is the name given to Findlay Napier and Nick Turner's song-writing project.
References
1. National Register of Historical Places - NORTH CAROLINA (NC), Carteret County
External links
★ North Carolina Office of Archives and History: Special Section on BlackBeard
★ Queen Anne's Revenge Archaeological Site
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