Queen Anne's Revenge
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| Queen Anne's Revenge | |
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| Years in use: 1710- ? | |
| Country of Manufacture: | Britain |
| Flags flown: | .svg/150px-Pirate_Flag_of_Blackbeard_(Edward_Teach).svg.png) |
| Allegiance: | none |
| Owner: | Blackbeard |
| Captains: | Blackbeard |
| Original name: | Concord |
| Ship renamed: | La Concorde-1711; Queen Anne's Revenge-1717; |
| Captured: | France-1711; Benjamin Hornigold-1717 |
| Fate: | run aground near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina |
| Statistics | |
| Armament: | 40 guns |
The Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of the pirate Blackbeard's infamous flagship.
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[edit] History
Originally named La 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. 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 had fought. In her he ranged the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean, attacking British, Dutch and Portuguese ships.
Shortly after ransoming Charleston harbour (May 1718) 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 deliberately 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.
[edit] Possible discovery
In 1996, Intersal, 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 (as would be expected with a colonial pirate crew). Recovery of artifacts from the site continued through the 2007 field season, under the supervision of Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch.
In November 2006 and 2007, 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 Mike Daniel, one of the discoverers of the wreck, against the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the project director for creating a sandbar to windward of the wrecksite in the Carteret County News-Times, a newspaper in Morehead City, North Carolina. At the end of 2007, approximately 1/3 of the wreck has been fully excavated, with artifacts currently undergoing conservation.
[edit] 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]
[edit] In popular culture
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Queen Anne's Revenge is seen at the end of the movie Anne of the Indies when she sinks 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 was the name of the headquarters of the Red Dragon pirates in the online game Earth & Beyond.
Queen Anne's Revenge is the name of the songwriting project between producer Nick Turner and musician Findlay Napier.
[edit] References
- ^ National Register of Historical Places - NORTH CAROLINA (NC), Carteret County. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-02-07).
