Diving archaeologists are in the midst of a monthlong expedition to the sunken wreckage of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. Blackbeard the pirate's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was discovered in 1996 by Intersal, Inc. (http://www.lat3440.com/). The Queen Anne’s Revenge went aground in 1718 just offshore from Beaufort. Divers have recovered 24 cannons and mapped six others so far, Moore said. This wreck is a replica of the Queen Anne's Revenge. Raising the wreck of Queen Anne's Revenge, flagship of the notorious pirate. Her remains were discovered in 1996. Shortly afterward, he surrendered and accepted a royal pardon for himself and his remaining crewmen from Governor Charles Eden at Bath, North Carolina. Artifacts recovered in 2008 include loose ceramic and pewter fragments, lead strainer fragments, a nesting weight, cannon apron, ballast stones, a sword guard and a coin. [5] After the grounding, her crew and supplies were transferred to smaller ships. 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. Come find out more about the history of La Concorde, a slave-trading vessel which later became the infamous pirate Blackbeard’s flagship. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year,[5] but captured numerous prizes using her as his flagship. It sheds light on the wider political, economic, and social systems of the colonial period in North Carolina and beyond. was operating. He stated: "The state of North Carolina is working to protect the site and will do everything we can to that end. The 200-ton vessel, originally named La Concorde de Nantes, was a frigate most likely built in Nantes, France in 1710 by Montaudouin. The origins of Queen Anne's Revenge's, much like its Captain's, Blackbeard, stretch into an obscurity beyond the historical record. Depth markings on the part of the stern that was recovered point to it having been made according to the French foot measurements. [36] Several months later, on October 28, archaeologists recovered five more cannons from the wreck. For one week in 2000 and 2001, live underwater video of the project was webcast to the Internet as a part of the QAR DiveLive[22] educational program that reached thousands of children around the world. [32][33], On August 29, 2011, the National Geographic Society reported that the State of North Carolina had confirmed the shipwreck as Queen Anne's Revenge, reversing a conclusion previously maintained because of a lack of conclusive evidence. In 1996, Intersal Inc., a private firm, discovered the remains of a vessel that was later determined to be Queen Anne's Revenge,[6] which was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Blackbeard may have grounded the ship on purpose in June 1718. A deposition given by David Herriot, the former captain of the sloop Adventure, states "Thatch's [Teach's] ship Queen Anne's Revenge run a-ground off of the Bar of Topsail-Inlet." 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Cooper. The scraps were from a copy of the book A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World, Perform'd in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710 and 1711 by Captain Edward Cooke, in which Cooke travels under Woodes Rogers; it is likely the pages were torn from the book and used as wadding in that cannon. [26], By the end of 2007, approximately one third of the wreck was fully excavated. In 1996 wreckage was discovered off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina that was believed to be that of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Since its discovery near Beaufort inlet in 1996, the remains of the vessel have become the property of the people of North Carolina, under the stewardship of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Although the date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain,[3] it was originally believed she was built for merchant service in Bristol, England in 1710 and named Concord,[4] later captured by French privateers and renamed La Concorde. Soon after the incident at Charleston, Blackbeard ran Queen Anne’s Revenge aground while attempting to enter Beaufort Inlet and the ship was abandoned. Historical records, archaeological research, and the wreck’s location and artifact assemblage have all contributed to the identification of this wreck as the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), the flagship of the pirate known as Blackbeard, which ran aground in June 1718. Clip ID: NFTC08-QAR. As part of a crew made up of zombies, this human contingent shared one thing—a healthy touch of madness. View Images of These Artifacts Meet the seasoned researchers, archaeologists, and conservators on our team. The Queen Anne’s Revenge’s remains are scuttled two miles off the North Carolina coast in 25 feet of water. Original wreck information: "The Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of Blackbeard's famous pirate ship. The cruise even passes by the location of the Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's ship that ran aground off the coast of Beaufort in 1718. [27][28] The NCDNCR set up the website[29] Queen Anne's Revenge to build on intense public interest in the finds. Before Blackbeard, the ship was called La Concorde and belonged to a wealthy French merchant, trafficking human cargo across the Atlantic on the notorious "Middle Passage." Queen Anne’s Revenge 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. [23] Created and co-produced by Nautilus Productions and Marine Grafics, this project enabled students to talk to scientists and learn about methods and technologies utilized by the underwater archaeology team. As a result, Nautilus Productions, the company documenting the recovery since 1998, filed suit in federal court over copyright violations and the passage of "Blackbeard's Law" by the North Carolina legislature. Join us as we explore day by day the origins of Blackbeard, his famous flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and the ship's prior history as La Concorde, a transatlantic slave-trading vessel. Location Maps - Queen Anne's Revenge wreck site, Beaufort, Carteret Co., North Carolina, USA Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 34° 41' 44'' North , 76° 41' 20'' West Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) was the flagship of Edward Teach, also known as “Blackbeard,” during the period of history referred to as the “Golden Age of Piracy.”QAR was originally named La Concorde, a French slave ship which completed three transatlantic slaving voyages prior to being captured and renamed by the pirates near Martinique in November 1717. She was handed over to René Duguay-Trouin and employed in his service for some time before being converted into a slave ship, then operated by the leading slave trader René Montaudin of Nantes, until sold in 1713 in Peru or Chile. The ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, went down in the early 1700s off the North Carolina coast near Atlantic Beach and Shackleford Banks and belongs to the state. 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. Maynard battled Blackbeard on a different ship in Ocracoke six months later. The reference number is 04000148. [55], Queen Anne's Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Get press contacts, informational materials, and more. [39], Archaeological recovery ceased on the shipwreck after the 2015 season because of lawsuits filed against the State of North Carolina, the NCDNCR, and the Friends of the Queen Anne's Revenge nonprofit. For 15 years it was excavated and studied, and in 2011 it was confirmed to be Blackbeard's ship. [57], D. Moore. [51][52][53], In January 2018, sixteen fragments of paper were identified after being recovered from sludge inside a cannon. [56] The wreck site is designated 31CR314 by the state of North Carolina. Whatever the scenario, the demise of the Queen Anne’s Revenge was what archaeologists call a “nonviolent wreck event,” meaning that the pirates had ample time to offload plunder. **Saturday at the QAR Lab for November 2020 has been cancelled**. Background: The shipwreck 31CR314 was discovered in November 1996 in the Beaufort Inlet off the coast of North Carolina. The additional artifacts appear to support the claim that the wreck is that of Queen Anne's Revenge. Hunt held a press conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among evidence to support this theory is that the cannons were found loaded. After several years' service with the French (both as a naval frigate and as a merchant vessel – much of the time as a slave trading ship), she was captured by Blackbeard in 1717. We do know that the story of QAR began long before it fell into the famed pirate's clutches. Learn about Blackbeard, Queen Anne's Revenge, La Concorde, the transatlantic slave trade, and underwater archaeology with classroom-friendly educational resources. Each November, we offer a Saturday of FREE guided tours from the archaeologists and conservators responsible for conserving, documenting, and investigating this one ship with two names! Wreck. He stranded several crew members on a small island nearby, where they were later rescued by Captain Stede Bonnet. [38], The 23rd of 31 cannons identified at the wreck site was recovered on October 24, 2014. [43] In 2015, the state government of North Carolina uploaded videos of the wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge to its website without permission. An uncommonly clear day on Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project. [19] Intersal agreed to forgo entitlement to any coins and precious metals recovered from the wreck site in order that all artifacts remain as one intact collection, and in order for NCDNCR to determine the ultimate disposition of the artifacts. [34] Specific artifacts that support this conclusion include a brass coin weight bearing the bust of Queen Anne of England, cast during her reign (1702–1714); the stem of a wine glass decorated with diamonds and tiny embossed crowns, made to commemorate the 1714 coronation of Queen Anne's successor, King George I; the remains of a French hunting sword featuring a bust that closely resembles King Louis XV, who claimed the French throne in 1715; and a urethral syringe for treating venereal diseases with a control mark indicating manufacture between 1707 and 1715 in Paris, France. The Queen Anne’s Revenge was armed with up to 40 guns. A crane on the deck of the research vessel Dan Moore lifts 3,000 pounds of cannon and concretion from the ocean off the coast of North Carolina. After 1718, it belonged, for a time, to the ocean alone. October 1-5, 2001 the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project again went live from the wreck site to the web. Corrosion products from what is believed to be the wreck site of the flagship of the pirate Blackbeard, the Queen Anne's Revenge, which sank near Beaufort, North Carolina in 1718. We do know that the story of QAR began long before it fell into the famed pirate's clutches. Additional historical evidence is found in various letters and reports from Colonial governors regarding the problem they faced from pirates at the time . The origins of Queen Anne's Revenge 's, much like its Captain's, Blackbeard, stretch into an obscurity beyond the historical record. Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project. Have a question about our work? After selling her cargo of slaves at Martinique, Blackbeard made the vessel into his flagship, adding more heavy cannon and renaming her Queen Anne's Revenge. These early 18th-century artifacts, nine cannon, and two large anchors led the discoverers to believe that this was the wreckage of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR). Blackbeard made it six more months before he … In fact, Blackbeard's captaining of QAR constituted only a … Sunken treasure lies 25 feet beneath the sea off North Carolina, where archaeologists are probing the wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge -- the flagship in the dread pirate Blackbeard’s flotilla. She was briefly re-acquired by the French Navy in November 1716, but was sold by them for commerce five months later in France, again for use as a slaver. Queen Anne’s Revenge. Select Mineral List Type Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Dana Chemical Elements This project tells us about more than just who Blackbeard was and how pirates lived. The ship that would be known as Queen Anne's Revenge was a 200-ton vessel believed to have been built in 1710. after its capture in December 1717 until its loss in June 1718, provide some details from that period but the accounts are sparse. The shipwreck lies in 28 feet (8.5 m) of water about one mile (1.6 km) offshore of Fort Macon State Park (34°41′44″N 76°41′20″W), Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. The gun is approximately 56 inches (140 cm) long, weighs over 300 pounds (140 kg) and may be a sister to a Swedish gun that was previously recovered. Nine cannonballs, bar shot halves, an iron bolt and a grenado were also recovered during the 2014 field season. [30], Goals during the 2010 field season included staging of one of the ship's largest main deck cannons to the large artifact holding area on site, taking corrosion readings from anchors and cannon undergoing in situ corrosion treatment, attaching aluminum-alloy anodes to the remaining anchors and cannons so as to begin their in situ corrosion treatment and continuing site excavations. The crew members aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge originally served under Blackbeard. The justices were called to referee a dispute between the state and a video production company that has spent two decades documenting the salvage of the Queen Anne's Revenge… The Wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge In 1996, a shipwreck believed to be that of the Queen Anne's Revenge was discovered off of North Carolina. In return, Intersal was granted media, replica, and other rights related to an entity known as Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project;[20] MRI was granted joint artifact touring rights with NCDNCR. 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On 3 March 1997, the governor of North Carolina, James B. The wreck site of the Queen Anne’s Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 and her reference number is 04000148. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [41][42] In a unanimous decision on November 2, 2019, the North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Intersal's complaint and voted to send the lawsuit back to complex business court for reconsideration. Although many people wanted to find the pirate’s treasure that had sank with the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the wreckage was not found until 1996. Historians believe that in June 1718 Queen Anne’s Revenge — formerly the French slave ship La Concorde, a large pirate ship with 40 cannons — went aground on a sandbar in the company of three other ships while attempting to enter Beaufort Inlet. 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