The beaufort inlet shipwreck project

An Initial Assessment of Lead Artefacts Used for Hull Repair and Maintenance on North Carolina Shipwreck 31CR314,Queen Anne's Revenge(1718)

“…This vessel was the flagship of the infamous pirate Edward Teach (also spelled Thatch or Tiche), commonly known as ‘Blackbeard’. Soon thereafter, academics and state archaeologists debated the shipwreck's identity (Rodgers et al ., 2005; Miller et al ., 2005; Moore, 2005; Lusardi, 2006; Wilde‐Ramsing, 2006). This debate prompted further research, documentation, and comprehensive analysis of the material remains.…”

British Postal PacketHanover, 1757: salvage and archaeology

“…Most were probably cast for the public markets, intended for merchant ships, privateers and vulnerable coastal communities. The closest parallel to the assemblage in date, variety of origins and size are the guns raised from the Beaufort Inlet shipwreck provisionally identified as Queen Anne's Revenge , the pirate Blackbeard's ship lost in 1718 (Lusardi, : 61).…”

‘Ruling Theories Linger’: Questioning the Identity of the Beaufort Inlet Shipwreck

“…Flagship of the pirate Blackbeard, the ship was believed to have originated as the French slaver La Concorde . Descriptions of the wreck site have appeared in various scholarly journals (Wilde‐Ramsing, 1998; Lusardi, 1999; Lusardi, 2000; Moore, 2001). Likewise, historical explorations of the life and times of the vessel Queen Anne's Revenge ( QAR ) have been disseminated in a number of more general publications (Moore, 1997; Moore and Daniel, 2001).…”

“…Despite the oft‐repeated assertion that ‘strong circumstantial evidence’ is mounting towards a definitive identification of the site as Queen Anne's Revenge , no evidence or proof for this claim is available, while contrary information is becoming more and more obvious, including one of the recovered cannons with a mark on the barrel of ‘1730’. If this is a date, this information alone rules this site out as the Queen Anne's Revenge , since Blackbeard's vessel ran aground and was destroyed in 1718 (Lusardi, 2000: 57).…”