Researchers on the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, are conducting the fall dive expedition through Nov. 7. From time to time, they host visitors. Click here to read a Carteret News-Times article about detectives from West Virginia who came to work on furthering their underwater investigative procedures.
The QAR sank in June 1718. This wreck was located in November 1996 by Intersal, Inc., with information provided to Operations Director Mike Daniel by company president the late Phil Masters. Archaeologists with the Underwater Archaeology Branch in the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources have led research for more than 11 years and found substantial evidence that supports that the shipwreck is the QAR. Partners assisting with the project include N.C. Marine Fisheries, the U.S. Coast Guard-Fort Macon, Fort Macon State Park, Nautilus Productions and the N.C. Maritime Museum.