In November 1717 he took a 26-gun French ship called the Concorde, added 14 guns, & renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge
.... Blackbeard added 26 guns to the vessel, which already boasted 14, 
making the .... Blackbeard, a pirate who attacked merchant ships and took 
hostages along... [DOC] [TLE] The Queen Anne's Revenge In November 1717, English pirates ... [PAR] Blackbeard was a real pirate, and his ship Queen Anne's Revenge was found off 
... from the wreckage, along with gun flints, shackles, and other pirate-y artifacts.