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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower

Mystery on board Blackbeard the pirate's shipwreck finally solved after 300 years

A research team has helped solve a 300-year-old mystery surrounding Blackbeard’s sunken pirate ship.

The buccaneer, real name Edward Thatch or Teach, captured a French slave ship he christened Queen Anne’s Revenge on November 28, 1717.

The band of pirates spent months pillaging other ships and filled the ship’s hold with treasure, money and deeds.

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