Est. 2026 • Corpus Christi, Texas

Revenge Rising Rebuilding Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge

A full-scale, navigable replica of the most infamous pirate ship ever to sail the Atlantic. Built plank by plank. Historically faithful. Made to sail again.

40
Cannons
300+
Crew Capacity
1718
Original Lost
The Ship

From Slave Ship to Pirate Legend

She started life as La Concorde, a French merchant vessel trafficking enslaved people across the Atlantic. In November 1717, the pirate Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, captured her near Martinique and remade her into something the world had never seen.

Renamed Queen Anne's Revenge, she was fitted with 40 cannons and crewed by over 300 men. For seven months, she terrorized the Atlantic seaboard, blockaded Charleston Harbor, and became the most feared vessel afloat.

In June 1718, Blackbeard deliberately ran her aground at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. She lay silent on the ocean floor for 278 years until her wreck was discovered in 1996. Thousands of artifacts have been recovered. The ship herself has not.

Until now.

A Ship's Life

~1710
Built as a French merchant vessel, later converted for the transatlantic slave trade as La Concorde.
November 1717
Captured by Blackbeard near Martinique. Renamed Queen Anne's Revenge, armed with 40 cannons.
May 1718
Blockaded Charleston Harbor for a week, looting ships and extorting the city for medicine and supplies.
June 1718
Ran aground at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Blackbeard stripped her of loot and abandoned crew on a sandbar.
1996
Wreckage discovered by Intersal Inc. in 22 feet of water, just one mile from the North Carolina shore.
2026
Revenge Rising begins. Full-scale replica construction. Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Vision

More Than a Replica

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Built to Sail

Not a static museum piece. A fully navigable tall ship, constructed with historical accuracy and modern safety standards, capable of harbor cruises and coastal voyages.

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Living History

The QAR's story spans piracy, the slave trade, colonial power, and maritime archaeology. This ship tells all of it, deck by deck, cannon by cannon.

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Gulf Coast Landmark

Corpus Christi already hosts the USS Lexington. Revenge Rising adds a second chapter: two ships, two eras, one waterfront destination.

The ocean took her in 1718.
We're bringing her back.

Revenge Rising is a maritime heritage project dedicated to rebuilding Blackbeard's flagship from the keel up. Every plank, every cannon, every sail, faithful to the original.