Queen Anne's Revenge

	Illustration published in 1736
History
France
Name	La Concorde
Launched	c. 1710
Captured	Saint Vincent, 28 November 1717
Pirates
Name	Queen Anne's Revenge
Fate	Ran aground on 10 June 1718 near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina
General characteristics
Class and type	Frigate
Tons burthen	200 bm
Length	103 ft (31.4 m)
Beam	24.6 ft (7.5 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged
Complement	up to 300 in Blackbeard's service
Armament	40 cannons (alleged), 30 found
	Queen Anne's Revenge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1710
NRHP reference No.	04000148
Added to NRHP	9 March 2004

34°41′44″N 76°41′20″W / 34.69556°N 76.68889°W / 34.69556; -76.68889

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. The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain,^[3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer under the name La Concorde.^[4]^[5] Surviving features of the ship's construction strongly suggest it was built by French shipwrights, based on differences in fastening patterns in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.^[6]^[7] After several years of service by French sailors (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. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year,^[8] 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, North Carolina, United States, in present-day Carteret County.^[8] 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,^[9] which was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The shipwreck was discovered off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.^[10]

^ "Pirate Arms and Armament | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
^ "The Pirate Ship's Journey - Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ Wilde-Ramsing, Mark (2009). "Historical Background for the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Site". Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project Research Report and Bulletin Series. QAR-R-09-02: 1–28 – via North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
^ Hunter, Natash'ja (4 July 2019). "La Concorde and Queen Anne's Revenge: A History of One Ship with Two Names". Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project.
^ Moore, David D. (October 2001). "Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge: Archaeological Interpretation and Research Focused on the Hull Remains and Ship-related Accoutrements Associated with Site 31-CR-314". Tributaries. 11 (October 2001): 49–64 – via North Carolina Maritime History Council.
^ Wilde-Ramsing, Mark U.; Ewen, Charles R. (2012). "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Case for Queen Anne's Revenge". Historical Archaeology. 46 (2): 110–133. doi:10.1007/BF03377319. JSTOR 23264632. S2CID 160054234 – via JSTOR.
^ ^a ^b Brian Handwerk (12 July 2005). "'Blackbeard's Ship' Yields New Clues to Pirate Mystery". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
^ "Intersal Discovers Blackbeard's Flagship!". Intersal, Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
^ Moore, David (1 March 2018). "A Brief History of the Pirate Blackbeard's Flagship Queen Anne's Revenge, ex-Concorde". Nautical Research Journal. 63 (1) – via JSTOR.

[1] "Pirate Arms and Armament | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.

[3] "The Pirate Ship's Journey - Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[4] Wilde-Ramsing, Mark (2009). "Historical Background for the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Site". Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project Research Report and Bulletin Series. QAR-R-09-02: 1–28 – via North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

[5] Hunter, Natash'ja (4 July 2019). "La Concorde and Queen Anne's Revenge: A History of One Ship with Two Names". Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project.

[6] Moore, David D. (October 2001). "Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge: Archaeological Interpretation and Research Focused on the Hull Remains and Ship-related Accoutrements Associated with Site 31-CR-314". Tributaries. 11 (October 2001): 49–64 – via North Carolina Maritime History Council.

[7] Wilde-Ramsing, Mark U.; Ewen, Charles R. (2012). "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Case for Queen Anne's Revenge". Historical Archaeology. 46 (2): 110–133. doi:10.1007/BF03377319. JSTOR 23264632. S2CID 160054234 – via JSTOR.

[national_geographic-8] Brian Handwerk (12 July 2005). "'Blackbeard's Ship' Yields New Clues to Pirate Mystery". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[9] "Intersal Discovers Blackbeard's Flagship!". Intersal, Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

[10] Moore, David (1 March 2018). "A Brief History of the Pirate Blackbeard's Flagship Queen Anne's Revenge, ex-Concorde". Nautical Research Journal. 63 (1) – via JSTOR.

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