Shipwreck · Cape Lookout, North Carolina
Queen Anne's Revenge
Blackbeard's flagship, a captured French slaver that the pirate ran aground at Beaufort Inlet in June 1718, by accident or design, shortly before his death. Found in 1996 in about 25 ft of water, the wreck has been excavated by the state ever since: cannon, the ship's bell, navigational instruments and thousands of smaller finds are at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. The site is protected and closed to diving.
Queen Anne's Revenge is a protected archaeological site under excavation by the state of North Carolina. It is not open to diving.
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Quick facts
| Type | Shipwreck, frigate, Blackbeard's flagship |
|---|---|
| Lost | June 1718 |
| Charted depth | 12.7 m (42 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 34.6980°N, 76.6705°W |
| From Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach | 697 m (2,288 ft), bearing 87° E |
| Source | OpenStreetMap; Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, 697 m (2,288 ft) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this shipwreck over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Cape Lookout, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.
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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.