Queen Anne’s Revenge’s Anchor Recovered Off NC Coast
The 3,000 lb. anchor from Queen Anne’s Revenge, which sank in the Atlantic waters near Beaufort, NC, in 1718 just before pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle. Image source: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press
“Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what’s believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship off the North Carolina coast yesterday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from the central part of the ship.”…
The Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck site has already yielded more than 250,000 artifacts. As cannons corrode, they become encased in sand, shell particles and marine life. Caption and Photo Source: Wendy M. Welsh / NC Department of Cultural Resources / Smithsonian Magazine
The anchor’s size is typical for a ship the size of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, while the two other anchors probably were used in emergencies, such as storms, Wilde-Ramsing said…
A recently salvaged sword hilt was made partially from an animal horn or antler. Caption and Photo Source: Wendy M. Welsh / NC Department of Cultural Resources / Smithsonian Magazine
“The Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, has already yielded more than 250,000 artifacts.”…
Grains of gold dust found in sediment at the wreck site. Caption and Photo Source: Wendy M. Welsh / NC Department of Cultural Resources / Smithsonian Magazine
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