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''Queen Anne's Revenge'' was a frigate, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach). She had been launched by the Royal Navy in 1710, and captured by France in 1711. She was used as a slave ship by the French, and was captured by pirates in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year, but captured numerous prizes using her. In 1718 Blackbeard ran the ship aground at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, in the present-day Carteret County.〔 Her crew and supplies were transferred to smaller ships. In 1996 a private firm discovered the remains of a vessel likely to be ''Queen Anne's Revenge'', which has been added to the US National Register of Historic Places. ==History== The 300-ton vessel, originally named ''Concord'', was a frigate built in England in 1710.〔 She was captured by the French one year later. The ship was modified to hold more cargo, including slaves, and renamed ''La Concorde de Nantes''. Sailing as a slave ship, she was captured by the pirate Captain Benjamin Hornigold on November 28, 1717, near the island of Martinique. Hornigold turned her over to one of his men, Edward Teach (later known as Blackbeard), and made him her captain. Blackbeard made ''La Concorde'' into his flagship, adding cannon and renaming her ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. The name may come from the War of the Spanish Succession, known in the Americas as Queen Anne's War, in which Blackbeard had served in the Royal Navy, or possibly from sympathy for Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch.〔(republicofpirates.net )〕 Blackbeard sailed this ship from the west coast of Africa to the Caribbean, attacking British, Dutch, and Portuguese merchant ships along the way. Shortly after blockading Charleston harbor in May 1718, and refusing to accept the Governor's offer of a pardon, Blackbeard ran ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' aground while entering Beaufort Inlet. He disbanded his flotilla and escaped by transferring supplies onto a smaller ship, ''Adventure''. He stranded several crew members on a small island nearby, where they were later rescued by Captain Stede Bonnet. Some〔(Cordingly, ''Life Among The Pirates'', Abacus, London 1996. )〕 suggest Blackbeard deliberately grounded the ship as an excuse to disperse the crew. Shortly afterward, Blackbeard did surrender and accepted a royal pardon for himself and his remaining crewmen from Governor Charles Eden at Bath, North Carolina. However, he eventually returned to piracy and was killed in combat in November 1718.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen Anne's Revenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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