The shipwreck-hunting company that found Blackbeard's flagship that sank off the North Carolina coast nearly 300 years ago has sued the state for more than $8 million, saying officials violated a ...

State leaders are facing a second lawsuit connected to the wreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of the infamous pirate Blackbeard. State leaders are facing a second lawsuit connected to the ...

BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) – Blackbeard’s ship has surrendered more of its historical treasures. The Daily News of Jacksonville reports ( http://bit.ly/16ly23N) that two ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A longstanding copyright dispute over photos and videos documenting North Carolina’s efforts to recover infamous 18th century pirate Blackbeard’s ship landed in the lap of a ...

BEAUFORT, North Carolina (Reuters) - Nearly three centuries ago, the notorious pirate Blackbeard ran aground in his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, off what is now a North Carolina beach town. Sign up ...

A 2,000-pound cannon pulled from the waters near Beaufort will give archaeologists and historians more ammunition for separating fact from legend surrounding the infamous pirate Blackbeard. The Queen ...

RALEIGH, NC (NEWS RELEASE) – Three hundred years on the ocean floor can be pretty rough on a body. The Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources ...

Blackbeard died in an attack 305 years ago, historians said. Screengrab from the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources on Facebook Blackbeard met his “bloody end” off the North Carolina coast ...

A 3,000-pound anchor from what is believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, is recovered from the ocean in Beaufort Inlet in 2011. Robert Willett rwillett ...

It's a 2,000-pound cannon from Blackbeard's ship. The Queen Anne's Revenge wrecked in 1718 off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers brought the eight-foot-long gun to the surface Wednesday. It's ...