North Carolina has created a tourist industry around Blackbeard and his ship including museum exhibits since the ship's discovery in 1996.
The state and Intersal went to mediation in 2013. The Department of Cultural Resources denies any breach of contract. Intersal claims that it searched for the Queen Anne's Revenge for twenty years before finding it.
The Queen Anne's Revenge was a French slave ship called La Concorde when Blackbeard captured it in the fall of 1717 in the Caribbean. Blackbeard renamed the vessel and made it his flagship. However, it sank just a few months later.
--DaAyeAyeCoot
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Shipwreck-hunting Company Sues North Carolina Over Blackbeard's Ship-- Part 1
From the July 28, 2015, Wilmington (NC) Star-News/AP by Martha Waggoner.
Florida-based Intersal, Inc., the shipwreck-hunting company that found Pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge which sank off the North Carolina coast nearly 300 years ago, is suing the state for more than $8 million saying that it violated a contract involving photos and videos of the wreck and artifact recovery.
The lawsuit also seeks a temporary order preventing the state from recovering any more objects. the company says they really didn't want to do this but had no choice but to protect their rights.
Listed among the violations are the state display of more than 2,000 images and more than 200 minutes of video on websites other than the state's Department of Cultural Resources website.
No real loot was discovered on the Queen Anne's Revenge when Intersal found it 20 years ago, but the company agreed in 1994 to a 15-year contract for rights to photos and video of the wreck, the recovery and study of its historic artifacts.
Avast There. --Cootaye
Florida-based Intersal, Inc., the shipwreck-hunting company that found Pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge which sank off the North Carolina coast nearly 300 years ago, is suing the state for more than $8 million saying that it violated a contract involving photos and videos of the wreck and artifact recovery.
The lawsuit also seeks a temporary order preventing the state from recovering any more objects. the company says they really didn't want to do this but had no choice but to protect their rights.
Listed among the violations are the state display of more than 2,000 images and more than 200 minutes of video on websites other than the state's Department of Cultural Resources website.
No real loot was discovered on the Queen Anne's Revenge when Intersal found it 20 years ago, but the company agreed in 1994 to a 15-year contract for rights to photos and video of the wreck, the recovery and study of its historic artifacts.
Avast There. --Cootaye
Saturday, March 29, 2014
See Blackbeard's Stuff at Aycock's Place
From the March 26, 2014, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus "Shipwreck artifacts on display."
The Governor Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site near Goldsboro will have a special exhibit from pirate Blackbeard's ship Queen Anne's Revenge from April 19 through May 24th.
Visitors will see cannonballs, platters, a gun flint and other onjects removed from the Queen Anne's Revenge. (Hopefully a cannon will accompany the exhibit.) The objects were on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean for almost 300 years after the ship was wrecked in 1718 during the Golden Age of Piracy.
In addition to being one of the oldest shipwrecks in North Carolina waters, it also offers insights into 18th century seafaring and the life of mariners (and Pirates, of course).
The artifacts are on loan from the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC, a repository for artifacts from the Queen Anne's Revenge.
Go See It. Captain Jack Would Be So Proud If You Go. --Cooter Arrrhhh!!!
The Governor Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site near Goldsboro will have a special exhibit from pirate Blackbeard's ship Queen Anne's Revenge from April 19 through May 24th.
Visitors will see cannonballs, platters, a gun flint and other onjects removed from the Queen Anne's Revenge. (Hopefully a cannon will accompany the exhibit.) The objects were on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean for almost 300 years after the ship was wrecked in 1718 during the Golden Age of Piracy.
In addition to being one of the oldest shipwrecks in North Carolina waters, it also offers insights into 18th century seafaring and the life of mariners (and Pirates, of course).
The artifacts are on loan from the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC, a repository for artifacts from the Queen Anne's Revenge.
Go See It. Captain Jack Would Be So Proud If You Go. --Cooter Arrrhhh!!!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Pirate Blackbeard's Cannons
From the Oct. 31, 2013, Straits Times "Archaeologists find booty from pirate Blackbeard's ship."
Five large cannons were brought up from the wreck of Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR) off the North Carolina coast this past week. Four of them weighed between 900 and 1,3000 kg. The largest is believed to have been made in Sweden.
They also hope to recover two large secretions in the wreck which are believed to hold cannonballs, barrel hoops and other items.
The QAR was discovered in 1996 and was intentionally run aground in 1718. Blackbeard was killed in battle later that year.
Captain Jack Would be So Proud. --DaCoot
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Recovering the Queen Anne's Revenge's Cannons
The NOAA's Office of National marine Sanctuaries will help North Carolina recover a large cannon from what is believed to be Pirate Blackbear's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge which sank in 1718 after running aground of the state's coast.
The RV-8501, an 85-foot NOAA research vessel will be assisting.
The October 26, 2011, Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that the 2,000 pound, 8-foot-long cannon had been recovered from the ship after being underwater for almost 300 years.
Blackbeard Would be So proud. --DaCoot
The RV-8501, an 85-foot NOAA research vessel will be assisting.
The October 26, 2011, Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that the 2,000 pound, 8-foot-long cannon had been recovered from the ship after being underwater for almost 300 years.
Blackbeard Would be So proud. --DaCoot
Sunday, November 27, 2011
QAR's Biggest Cannon Raised
From the Winter 2012 East Magazine of East Carolina University.
The annual fall archaeological expedition to what is believed to be Pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR), found that no damage was done to the ship by Hurricane Irene in August.
On October 25th, divers recovered cannon C23, one of the largest guns on the ship.
Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing led a class of ECU students on the four-week dive. Using new technology, aluminum rods called sacrificial anodes were attached to the remaining cannons to change the electrochemical process that corrodes iron in saltwater. The aluminum rod corrodes, the cannon no longer does. This will reduce the amount of time required in the laboratory once the cannon is raised.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries research vessel Shell Point was used as the main recovery vessel along with ECU's seagoing barge for transport to the site of the QAR offshore of Fort Macon State Park in Beaufort Inlet.
Captain Jack Sparrow Would be So Proud. --Cooter
The annual fall archaeological expedition to what is believed to be Pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR), found that no damage was done to the ship by Hurricane Irene in August.
On October 25th, divers recovered cannon C23, one of the largest guns on the ship.
Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing led a class of ECU students on the four-week dive. Using new technology, aluminum rods called sacrificial anodes were attached to the remaining cannons to change the electrochemical process that corrodes iron in saltwater. The aluminum rod corrodes, the cannon no longer does. This will reduce the amount of time required in the laboratory once the cannon is raised.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries research vessel Shell Point was used as the main recovery vessel along with ECU's seagoing barge for transport to the site of the QAR offshore of Fort Macon State Park in Beaufort Inlet.
Captain Jack Sparrow Would be So Proud. --Cooter
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Blackbeard's Anchor Recovered
From the Fall East Magazine of East Carolina University.
It was at the bottom of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina for 270 years, one of four large anchors from the famous pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR) was recovered in May. Right now it is undergoing restoration at the QAR Conservation Lab on West Research Campus (East Carolina).
"This is one of the biggest artifacts at the site," said Mark Wilde-Ramsing, '09, the state underwater archaeologist who directed the expedition.
The anchor weighs about 2,500 pounds, measures 11 feet long and 7 feet, 7 inches from tip to tip on the fluke. It's outside ring attached to the center shank, measures 24 inches in diameter.
Hundreds of other artifacts from the QAR are in the process of being restored. Twelve cannons are still at the wreck. Many other artifacts are on display at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort.
The wreck was discovered in 1996.
By the way, East Carolina's nickname is the Pirates.
Arrrghh! It's a Pirate's Life for Me. --Cooter
It was at the bottom of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina for 270 years, one of four large anchors from the famous pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR) was recovered in May. Right now it is undergoing restoration at the QAR Conservation Lab on West Research Campus (East Carolina).
"This is one of the biggest artifacts at the site," said Mark Wilde-Ramsing, '09, the state underwater archaeologist who directed the expedition.
The anchor weighs about 2,500 pounds, measures 11 feet long and 7 feet, 7 inches from tip to tip on the fluke. It's outside ring attached to the center shank, measures 24 inches in diameter.
Hundreds of other artifacts from the QAR are in the process of being restored. Twelve cannons are still at the wreck. Many other artifacts are on display at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort.
The wreck was discovered in 1996.
By the way, East Carolina's nickname is the Pirates.
Arrrghh! It's a Pirate's Life for Me. --Cooter
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Raising Blackbeard's Anchor-- Part 1
A 3,000 pound anchor from what is believed to be Blackbeard's Queen Anne's revenge was raised from the ocean floor May 27th where it had rested since 1718.
The recovery crew had originally planned to raise another anchor, but it was found to be too attached to the ballast pile, so this one was plan two.
Evidently, pirates had every day anchors as well as ones to be used for special occasions, much like people have every day dishes and special china. Two other anchors were used for storms or emergencies like when the ship might have to slip its anchor in order to get underway faster.
The one that was raised measured 11.4 feet long and had 7.7 foot arms.
Arrggh! Where's Me Anchor. --Cooter
The recovery crew had originally planned to raise another anchor, but it was found to be too attached to the ballast pile, so this one was plan two.
Evidently, pirates had every day anchors as well as ones to be used for special occasions, much like people have every day dishes and special china. Two other anchors were used for storms or emergencies like when the ship might have to slip its anchor in order to get underway faster.
The one that was raised measured 11.4 feet long and had 7.7 foot arms.
Arrggh! Where's Me Anchor. --Cooter
Raising Blackbeard's Anchor-- Part 2
This size anchor was typical of that of a ship the Queen Anne's Revenge size.
The wreck was discovered in 1996 and 250,000 artifacts have been taken from the ship. Starting June 11th, the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will display many of them, hoping to attract tourists. Pirates have been getting a lot of attention lately because of Captain Jack Sparrow and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. The one out right now "On Stranger Tides features Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge.
In 1717, Blackbeard captured a French slave ship and mad eit his flagship, renaming it the Queen Anne's Revenge. Blackbeard was his pirate name. His real one was either Edward Teach or Thatch.
Blackbeard settled in Bath, NC, after receiving the Royal Governor's pardon but was killed at Ocracoke Inlet in November 1718, five months after the Queen Anne's Revenge sank.
The site is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Arrgh! There's Me Anchor!! --DaCoot
The wreck was discovered in 1996 and 250,000 artifacts have been taken from the ship. Starting June 11th, the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will display many of them, hoping to attract tourists. Pirates have been getting a lot of attention lately because of Captain Jack Sparrow and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. The one out right now "On Stranger Tides features Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge.
In 1717, Blackbeard captured a French slave ship and mad eit his flagship, renaming it the Queen Anne's Revenge. Blackbeard was his pirate name. His real one was either Edward Teach or Thatch.
Blackbeard settled in Bath, NC, after receiving the Royal Governor's pardon but was killed at Ocracoke Inlet in November 1718, five months after the Queen Anne's Revenge sank.
The site is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Arrgh! There's Me Anchor!! --DaCoot
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Queen Anne's Revenge
It is still not known for certain if the wreck found off the North Carolina coast is that of the Pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, but over 250,000 items have been recovered.
A team of experts presented some of them to the public the day after Thanksgiving in Beaufort.
Some of the items were a pair of copper alloy cuff links smaller than a dime, a pewter clyster syringe used for enemas (well Pirates had physical ailments as well), a belt buckle, nesting weight (?), wine bottle (Pirates drank?), a bell dated 1705 and a cannon dated 1713. Four anchors have been found as well.
The ship sank in 1718. It is hoped that many of the items will be exhibited by Valentine's Day.
It's a Pirate's Life for Me, Yo-Ho-Ho. --DaCoot
A team of experts presented some of them to the public the day after Thanksgiving in Beaufort.
Some of the items were a pair of copper alloy cuff links smaller than a dime, a pewter clyster syringe used for enemas (well Pirates had physical ailments as well), a belt buckle, nesting weight (?), wine bottle (Pirates drank?), a bell dated 1705 and a cannon dated 1713. Four anchors have been found as well.
The ship sank in 1718. It is hoped that many of the items will be exhibited by Valentine's Day.
It's a Pirate's Life for Me, Yo-Ho-Ho. --DaCoot
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Avast There Ye Pirates!!!
The Nov. 22nd Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus reports that this Friday artifacts from what is believed to be the pirate Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge will be shown at he QAR Conservation Lab in Greenville, North Carolina.
The wreck of it was located in 1996 within sight of Fort Macon State Park. Artifacts including cuff links and cannons will be shown.
The ship was a former French slave ship named the La Concorde. Blackbeard captured it, renamed it, and made it his ship until it sank after running aground a year later.
Lost Stuff from the Sea. --Cooter
The wreck of it was located in 1996 within sight of Fort Macon State Park. Artifacts including cuff links and cannons will be shown.
The ship was a former French slave ship named the La Concorde. Blackbeard captured it, renamed it, and made it his ship until it sank after running aground a year later.
Lost Stuff from the Sea. --Cooter
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Did Blackbeard Sink His Ship On Purpose?
There has been talk in the past that the dear old Pirate ran the Queen Anne's Revenge aground off North Carolina on purpose to swindle the crew of their rightful share of the plunder.
Perhaps he didn't according to marine archaeologists who have been diving on the wreckage. What they have found is that effort was made to get the ship off the sandbar. Piles of ballast were found away from the ship as well as cannons and anchors normally found at the front of the vessel, had been moved midship. This would eb an effort to lighten the bow so it would float off.
In addition, an anchor was found 450 feet away where there is a chance that it was being used as a winch.
Chris Southerby, chief archaeologist said, "If Blackbeard had intended to sink the ship on purpose, this seems like an awful lot of labour and effort to make it look good to the crew...."
From Dec. 8th London News Net.
Did he or Didn't He? Only His Beard Knew. --Cooter
Perhaps he didn't according to marine archaeologists who have been diving on the wreckage. What they have found is that effort was made to get the ship off the sandbar. Piles of ballast were found away from the ship as well as cannons and anchors normally found at the front of the vessel, had been moved midship. This would eb an effort to lighten the bow so it would float off.
In addition, an anchor was found 450 feet away where there is a chance that it was being used as a winch.
Chris Southerby, chief archaeologist said, "If Blackbeard had intended to sink the ship on purpose, this seems like an awful lot of labour and effort to make it look good to the crew...."
From Dec. 8th London News Net.
Did he or Didn't He? Only His Beard Knew. --Cooter
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Dread Pirate Stede Bonnet
From Wikipedia.
Known as the "Gentleman Pirate" because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to piracy. There was no mention of his gentlemanly conduct toward captives or captured ships.
Born in Barbados around 1688 and inherited his father's estate. Possible marital problems cause him to become a pirate although he had no sea experience.
He became a pirate in 1717 and bought a ship called the Revenge. Wounded in a fight with a Spanish warship. In Nassau, he met Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. Bonnet sailed with him for awhile, capturing ships, until he was unable to capture one shipand his crew went over to Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge. Bonnet then was a guest on that ship for awhile.
In 1718, he was pardoned by North carolina's governor, but decided to turn to piracy again. Not wanting to give up his pardon, Bonnet adopted the name Captain Thomas.
After his capture, hedid manage to escape, but was recaptured.
The Life of a Pirate. --Old Coot
Known as the "Gentleman Pirate" because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to piracy. There was no mention of his gentlemanly conduct toward captives or captured ships.
Born in Barbados around 1688 and inherited his father's estate. Possible marital problems cause him to become a pirate although he had no sea experience.
He became a pirate in 1717 and bought a ship called the Revenge. Wounded in a fight with a Spanish warship. In Nassau, he met Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. Bonnet sailed with him for awhile, capturing ships, until he was unable to capture one shipand his crew went over to Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge. Bonnet then was a guest on that ship for awhile.
In 1718, he was pardoned by North carolina's governor, but decided to turn to piracy again. Not wanting to give up his pardon, Bonnet adopted the name Captain Thomas.
After his capture, hedid manage to escape, but was recaptured.
The Life of a Pirate. --Old Coot
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