At the bottom of Beaufort Inlet sits an eight-foot cannon that once fired from the decks of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. It’s been there since the ship sank in 1718, and the famous pirate Blackbeard was captured. A crew of archaeologists heads out to bring the cannon to the surface today. Mark Wilde-Ramsing is the director of the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck project and an underwater archaeologist with the state. He joined ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Eric Hodge to talk about the project.
Massive Cannon from Blackbeard's Ship to Emerge

N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources