Queen Anne's Revenge
Illustration of Queen Anne's Revenge published in 1736
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | Concord |
| Launched: | 1710 |
| Captured: | by France in 1711 |
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| Name: | La Concorde de Nantes |
| Captured: | By Benjamin Hornigold in 1717, placed under the command of Blackbeard |
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| Name: | Queen Anne's Revenge |
| Fate: | Ran aground in 1718 near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina |
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| Class and type: | Frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 200 bm |
| Length: | 31.4 m (103 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.1 m (24.6 ft) |
| Complement: | 125 |
| Armament: | 40 cannon |
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Queen Anne's Revenge
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| Nearest city | Atlantic Beach, North Carolina |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1710 |
| NRHP Reference # | 04000148 |
| Added to NRHP | March 9, 2004 |
Coordinates: 34°41′44″N 76°41′20″W / 34.69556°N 76.68889°W
Queen Anne's Revenge was a frigate, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach). She had been launched in England as a merchant vessel in 1710, and captured by France in 1711. She was used as a slave ship by the French, and was captured by pirates in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year, but captured numerous prizes using her as his flagship.
In 1718, Blackbeard ran the ship aground at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, in the 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 likely to be Queen Anne's Revenge, which was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
The 200-ton vessel, originally named Concord, was a merchant vessel built in England in 1710. She was captured by the French one year later. The ship was modified to hold more cargo, including slaves, and renamed La Concorde de Nantes. Sailing as a slave ship, she was captured by the pirate Captain Benjamin Hornigold on November 28, 1717, near the island of Martinique. Hornigold turned her over to one of his men, Edward Teach (later known as Blackbeard), and made him her captain.
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