Queen Anne's Revenge 1718
Marker: recorded wreck position (Age of Sail).
Key facts
| Name | Queen Anne's Revenge | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1718 | Wikidata P576 dissolved/abolished/demolished date |
| Era | Age of Sail | derived from year |
| Ship type | frigate, slave ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Blackbeard | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Pamlico Sound | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | United States | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 1 km from land |
| Position | 34.6931, -76.6694 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, and there is no record of her actions prior to 1710 when she was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde. Surviving features of the ship's construction strongly suggest she was built by French shipwrights, based on differences in fastening patterns in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. After several years of French service, both as a naval frigate and as a merchant vessel – much of that time as a slave ship – she was captured by Blackbeard in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year, but captured numerous prizes using her as his flagship.
In May 1718, Blackbeard ran the ship aground at Topsail Inlet, now known as Beaufort Inlet, in present-day Carteret County. After the grounding, her crew and supplies were transferred to smaller ships. In 1996, Intersal Inc., a private firm, discovered the remains of a vessel that was later determined to be Queen Anne's Revenge, which was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Diving & visiting
Intersal Inc., a private research firm, discovered the wreck believed to be Queen Anne's Revenge on 21 November 1996. It was located by Intersal's director of operations, Mike Daniel, who used historical research provided by the company's president, Phil Masters and maritime archaeologist David Moore. 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. On 3 March 1997, Jim Hunt, the governor of North Carolina, held a press conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. He stated: "The state of North Carolina is working to protect the site and will do everything we can to that end.
Location
- Recorded position: 34.6931, -76.6694 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Pamlico Sound
- Nearest coast: United States
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Queen Anne's Revenge (revision 1380554082), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Discovery and excavation”; condensed by selecting paragraphs and trimming at sentence boundaries; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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