Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge

Israel Hands Testifies! May 27, 1719: Following his capture, Blackbeard's first mate and fifteen others were taken to Williamsburg, Virginia, to stand trial. In exchange for a pardon, Hands testified against corrupt North Carolina officials, including North Carolina Secretary Tobias Knight, with whom Thache had consorted. The minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council for May 27, 1719 state: "Hesikia Hands[,] master of Capt Thaches Sloop Adventure [,] seems to sweare possitively in his Depossition that the sd [said] Thache went from Ocacoch Inlet at his returne into this Country from his last voyage with a present to the sd Tobias Knights house [,] when by the same deposition [Hands] acknowledgth that to be out of the reach of his knoledge[,] he being all the time at the sd Inlet which lyes at above thirty leagues distance from [Knight’s] house and further the [said] Tobias Knight doth pray your Honours to observe that the aforsd Hesikias Hands was ......

DAN Member Profile: Rick Allen Rick Allen strapped on his scuba gear and peered over the edge of the barge. He’d made this same dive to Blackbeard’s infamous shipwreck, the  Queen Anne’s Revenge , more than 200 times before — but not like this, not since his life-altering accident on Jan. 3, 2011.  READ THE STORY  

Pirate Mary Read Buried! April 28, 1721: Mary Read, whose pirate associates included Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny, died of a violent fever while in prison. Her burial on this day is in the records of St. Catherine's church in Jamaica. She had been spared the noose because she was believed to be with child but here is no record of the burial of her baby, suggesting that she may have died while pregnant. READ MORE #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #history #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #IntellectualProperty #lawsuit #SovereignImmunity #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #OuterBanks #ourflagmeansdeath  

When the State Protects the Pirate!  January 30, 1719: In Virginia, four men testified that after they helped Blackbeard capture the Rose Emelye , Blackbeard left the French ship and most of the crew in Ocracoke Inlet, N.C. while the four carried Thatch and some of the booty inland in a smaller boat. In the wee hours of the night, the pirates arrived at the property of Tobias Knight - secretary of the government of North Carolina under Governor Charles Eden. T he four crew members unloaded three or four kegs of sweetmeats (sugary food or fruit in the candy/confectionery family), loaf sugar, a bag of chocolate, and several boxes (contents unknown). According to their testimony, Thatch was in the house with Knight until about an hour before dawn, when the pirates all left. On their way out of the Bath area, the men said Blackbeard leapt aboard a small boat they encountered, demanded strong drink, got into a fight, and robbed the small crew of cash, a case of pipes, a ca...

Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Stock Footage & Image Collection! Where do you find nearly 2 decades of video and images from the Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project? Visit Nautilus Productions for sample clips, photos and licensing info! READ MORE # artsandentertainment # piracy # northcarolina # shipwreck # shipwrecklaw # maritimeheritage # Pirates # NautilusProductions # Blackbeard # Documentary # StockFootage # Privateer # Archaeology # EdwardThache # copyright # QueenAnnesRevenge # NCDNCR # BlackbeardsLaw # NCFilm # Blackbeard300 # IntellectualProperty # lawsuit # SovereignImmunity # SCOTUS # SupremeCourt

Blackbeard Bests Bostock! December 5, 1717: Thache overtakes the merchant sloop Margaret off the coast of Anguilla near Crab Island. Her captain, Henry Bostock, and his crew, remain Thache's prisoners for about eight hours, and are forced to watch as their sloop is ransacked. Bostock, who had been held aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge , is returned unharmed to the Margaret and is allowed to leave with his crew. In a deposition Bostock describes "Capt Tach ... [as] a tall Spare Man with a very black beard which he wore very long." READ MORE   #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Privateer #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #IntellectualProperty #lawsuit #SovereignImmunity #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #bostock #OuterBanks #ourflagmeansd...

Blackbeard Gets A Promotion!   October 24, 1717: Blackbeard, takes command of a 12-gun sloop which he renames the Revenge . He also captures a Snow named the Sea Nymph which he adds to his growing pirate fleet. (Representative Image) READ MORE   #artsandentertainment #piracy #northcarolina #shipwreck #shipwrecklaw #maritimeheritage #Pirates #NautilusProductions #Blackbeard #Documentary #StockFootage #Privateer #Archaeology #EdwardThache #copyright #QueenAnnesRevenge #McCrory #FriendsofQAR #NCDNCR #BlackbeardsLaw #NCFilm #Blackbeard300 #IntellectualProperty #lawsuit #SovereignImmunity #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #OuterBanks #ourflagmeansdeath