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Length = 103 ft, Width = 24.5 ft, Draft = 13.3 ft, Capacity = 200 tons, Crew = 125
Believed to be built in England around 1710 on a Dutch Flute design, the merchant Concorde originally carried 20 guns. Sold to Spanish interests in 1713, she spent several years along the Pacific Coast of South America. In 1717 French slavers bought her for trade routes between Senegal and Martinique. That same year pirate Benjamin Hornigold captured and, after accepting a king's pardon, gave her to fellow pirate Edward Teach.
Teach renamed the vessel after the 1702-14 British monarch and increased the armament of various sizes to 40 guns. She served as Blackbeard's flagship on all of his exploits until she ran aground off Beaufort, NC in June 1718. This model shows the sail rig of a Dutch Flute, though some researchers think that the vessel carried jib sails instead of square bow sails. During Blackbeard's time there was a transition in ship sail design, so the true QAR sail placement may be never known.
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This model shows the sail rig as a Dutch Flute. During the early 18th century, square sprit sails were being replaced by jib sails which enhanced tacking. Bottles can be made as Dutch Flute or with jib sails. |
The fast, shallow draft "Bermuda" sloop was popular with many pirates. A gift from Teach's pirate mentor Benjamin Hornigold in 1717, the 8-10 gun sloop was on all of Blackbeard's exploits. After the grounding of the Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard Arrived in Bath, NC and was pardoned by Gov. Eden. In mid-summer of 1718, the Adventure was officially placed in Teach's name by the Vice Admiralty Court in Bath Town, NC for trading expeditions. Falling into his old pirate ways, Teach captured a French sugar ship, and the cargo was split with NC court officials. Blackbeard was killed at Ocracoke Inlet by Lt. Robert Maynard On Nov. 22, 1718 by order of the Virginia Governor. The Adventure was taken to Virginia and there sold. Jim Goodwin - Bottle #271 - 2003 |
See the description above. This model will be on exhibit as a part of Bath, North Carolina's Tri-Centenial celebration in 2005. |
QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE, ADVENTURE and REVENGE off Ocracoke, NC. DISPLAYED in a one-gallon whiskey bottle.
This piece was display in the San Diego Maritime Museum's Ship-in-Bottle Show through January of 2005. |
The WINDFALL is only available through the Village Craftsmen on Ocracoke Island, NC.
The Schooner WINDFALL of Ocracoke, NC. Overall Length: 57 ft, Sail Area: 1000 sq. ft, Beam: 13.5 ft
Draft: 4 ft 4 inches. Designed and built by Robert Marthai. Wooden Hull, Launched in 1981. Owned by Capt'n Rob Temple
who sails in Blackbeard's wake. |
Picked up off Ocracoke in August, 1921 by the USCG. The crew said that they were had run out of fresh water. They were released though their suspicious papers stated Nassau to Jacksonville, Fla. Bound. Found by USGC again at Ocracoke Inlet in late Dec., 1921 with papers stating bound to Nova Scotia from Nassau. Crew said that they had run out of food. Upon inspection, USCG found over 2,000 cases of assorted liquor. The leaking British schooner was towed to Wilmington where the contraband was placed in a guarded warehouse and the crew placed in the local iron-barred hotel. The schooner sank at the dock that night, and in the morning, all the booze was found missing. |
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