Blackbeard's Ship Confirmed off North Carolina
Wreck's large size, weapons that of 18th-century pirate, experts say.
The struggle for Blackbeard's legacy is continuing 300 years after history's most infamous pirate was killed in the coastal waters of North Carolina.
The state of North Carolina is defending itself against two lawsuits brought by private interests in the excavation of the wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the flagship of Blackbeard’s small fleet of pirate ships. The Queen Anne’s Revenge went aground in 1718 just offshore from Beaufort. A few months after the grounding, Blackbeard was killed in a battle with British naval forces in the Pamlico Sound.
The wreck was found in 1996 by Intersal Inc., private salvagers based in Palm Bay, Florida. The state and Intersal made an agreement in 1998 that gave Intersal rights to
