In total, 40 cannons were believed to have been on board the Queen Anne's Revenge. Since the wreck was discovered in 1996, 22 of the ship's guns and about 280,000 artifacts have been recovered.

BEAUFORT, N.C. Archeologists have recovered five more cannons from the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. The largest of the guns raised Monday weighs about 3,000 pounds.

Five cannons were raised Monday from the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck site at Beaufort Inlet, the most recovered at one time from the wreck considered to be Blackbeard's flagship. “Today is ...

Blackbeard’s plunder has become a precious bounty for preservationists. Since the remains of the Queen Anne’s Revenge were found 22 years ago, state conservators have recovered thousands of ...

North Carolina’s top marine archaeologists were pretty sure the wreck was the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the cannon-heavy flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard that ran aground here in 1718.

Archeologists have recovered five more cannons from the wreck Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. The largest of the guns raised Monday weighs about 1,360 kilograms. The wreckage of ...

One of Blackbeard's cannons being raised from the sea in 2011 (Reuters) Two of Blackbeard the pirate's cannons have been recovered from the wreck of Queen Anne's Revenge off the North Carolina Coast.

Diving archaeologists are in the midst of a monthlong expedition to the sunken wreckage of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. Before bad weather delayed the mission, the ...

Whatever the scenario, the demise of the Queen Anne’s Revenge was what archaeologists call a “nonviolent wreck event,” meaning that the pirates had ample time to offload plunder. Luckily ...

Close to the Queen Anne’s Revenge final resting place was Fort ... some ships threw some overboard which settled over the wreck under the waves below. Dr Hower added: “It turns out we didn ...