AH-WR-1411

Queen Anne's Revenge

Sloop-Of-War (Former Slave Ship, Pirate Flagship) · Pirate (formerly France) · Lost 1718 · The Outer Banks

Blackbeard's flagship, formerly the French slave ship La Concorde, grounded and lost at Beaufort Inlet in 1718 and is now a protected North Carolina archaeological site.

Captain of Record

Lorelei W.

AHR-1861

See Shipwreck on Map

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Queen Anne's Revenge began as the French slaver La Concorde before Blackbeard captured her in the Caribbean in 1717 and turned her into his flagship. She ran hard aground entering North Carolina's Topsail (Beaufort) Inlet in June 1718 and was abandoned. Discovered in 1996, the wreck is now the subject of a long-running state archaeological project.

Vessel

Built: 1710
Registry: NC state site 31CR314; NRHP reference 04000148
Builder: Not established
Yard: France
Material: Wood
Length: 100 ft
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 200
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Captained by Edward Teach (Blackbeard); formerly a French slave-trading vessel

Loss

Date: June 10, 1718
Cause: Grounding
Location: Topsail Inlet (present-day Beaufort Inlet), North Carolina
Water: Beaufort Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

The Wreck Today

Depth: 25 ft
Condition: Heavily concreted and dispersed hull and artifact scatter, under long-term excavation
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: 1996
Protection: Active North Carolina state archaeological site (31CR314); position kept approximate/restricted by the state to protect the site.

Position

Coordinates: 34.70° N 76.68° W
Accuracy: Approximate position
Nearest: Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina
Region: The Outer Banks

Precise coordinates are withheld/generalized by the state to protect the active archaeological site.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)

The wreck is believed but not absolutely proven to be Queen Anne's Revenge; no single artifact definitively ties the site to the vessel or its crew.

North Carolina Office of State Archaeology / QAR Project (qaronline.org)
Discovery, identification, excavation history, management plan.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
NRHP listing, location generalization, significance.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, National Park Service
Historical narrative of Blackbeard and the loss of the flagship.