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Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard.The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde.
Black-beard bid him send his Boat on Board, that he might see who he was; but Mr. Maynard reply'd thus; I cannot spare my Boat, but I will come aboard of you as soon as I can, with my Sloop. Upon this, Black-beard took a Glass of Liquor and drank to him with these Words: Damnation seize my Soul if I give you Quarters, or take any from you.
September 29 – "Gentleman Pirate" Stede Bonnet, who has traded plantation life for a pirate ship, transfers command of his sloop, the Revenge, to Blackbeard. November 28 – Blackbeard captures the French slave ship La Concorde near Martinique, equips her with 40 guns, and renames her the Queen Anne's Revenge.
#3 Blackbeard. Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, is perhaps one of history’s most fearsome and famous pirates. Unsurprisingly, Teach sported a braided, long, black beard with braids tied with a ...
March 28 – One of Blackbeard's lieutenants, captain Richard and his sloop Revenge, attack the 400-ton Protestant Caesar in the Bay of Honduras. March–April – Charles Vane and 12 pirates capture a Jamaica sloop in the Bahamas, retaining her for his own use. April – Vane captures the sloop Lark in the Bahamas and transfers his crew to her ...
Robert Maynard (19 September 1684 – 4 January 1751) was a British Royal Navy officer. Little is known about Maynard's early life, other than that he was born in England in 1684 and then later joined the English Navy.
Blackbeard surprisingly decides to accept the pardon from Governor Eden. For a while he settles down in North Carolina and marries Mary Ormond , a young lady from a wealthy local family. However, he soon tires of life on land, while his crew becomes unruly due to his absence and boredom, whereupon they return to sea and piracy.
On 29 September, the Revenge, captained by Blackbeard, plundered the sloop Betty, which had a cargo full of Madeira wine. [19] Captain Codd, whose merchant ship was taken on 12 October, described Bonnet as walking the deck in his nightshirt, lacking any command and still unwell from his wounds.