These findings included huge cannons from all over Europe, from Sweden, England and France. The ship was identified by a series of coins bearing Queen Anne's bust (1702-1714) and her successor, King George I.Īfter over ten years of excavations and underwater archaeological digs, the divers have now recovered more than 250,000 artifacts from the ship. In 1996, the remains of the Queen Anne's Revenge were discovered offshore of Atlantic Beach in North Carolina. In 1718, Blackbeard scuttled the ship near Charleston, North Carolina and moved his crew onto a smaller sloop, named the Adventure. Few could compete with him and the Queen Anne’s Revenge which boasted 40 guns and a crew of 300. While the ship was only in use for a year, Teach sailed to the Caribbean and captured multiple ships, building his flotilla and fortune. Finally, it came into the possession of Teach, who renamed the ship Queen Anne’s Revenge.
It is thought Concord was stolen by French privateers who used as a slave ship and renamed it, La Concorde. Blackbeard’s shipĪround 1716, Captain Hornigold placed Teach in command of a captured sloop and a year later, Teach took control of a frigate, possibly a 1710 Bristol built ship named Concord. Rising through the ranks due to his naval skill, Teach soon became a captain in his own right. Here, he would have plundered Spanish ships in the West Indies for the British government.Īfter the war, his privateering turned to piracy under the instruction of Captain Benjamin Hornigold. It is thought he began his life at sea as a British privateer in the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1713). Little is known of Edward Teach before his rise to Pirate captain. Known for his fearsome image and daring acts on land and sea throughout the West Indies and along the North American East coast, his legacy has been the inspiration for many depictions of pirates throughout history. Blackbeard or Edward Teach (c.1680-1718) is one of the most infamous pirates to have ever lived.
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