Queen Anne 's Revenge was an early - 18th - century ship, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach). Although the date and place of the ship 's construction are uncertain, it is believed she was built for merchant service in Bristol in 1710 and named Concord. One year later she was captured by the French and renamed La Concorde. After several years ' service with the French (both as a naval frigate and as a merchant vessel - much of the time as a slave trading ship), she was captured by Blackbeard and his pirates in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year, but captured numerous prizes using her as his flagship.
who sailed in a ship called queen ann's revenge
the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach)