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An anchor from shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, to be raised

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« on: October 23, 2009, 01:27:51 am »

Anchor on display Thursday
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October 21, 2009 10:39 AM

Updated at 6:53 p.m.

An anchor from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, has been raised and can be viewed by the public Thursday before conservation of the artifact begins.

The four-and-a half-foot grapnel, a small four-pronged anchor, has been resting loosely in the sand on the ocean’s bottom and was considered too vulnerable to leave exposed to possible storms until the full-scale expedition, state officials said.

A team of N.C. Department of Cultural Resources archaeologists and conservators raised the grapnel Wednesday from the QAR site off Beaufort and the public will have two opportunities Thursday to see it.

The wrought iron grapnel, which still has two remaining prongs, will be shown at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and again at the QAR Conservation Lab in Greenville from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information about the QAR project, go to www.qaronline.org.

An anchor from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, is expected to be raised Wednesday due to its unstable position.

The four-and-a half-foot grapnel, a small four-pronged anchor, has been resting loosely in the sand on the ocean’s bottom and is considered too vulnerable to leave exposed to possible storms until next-year’s full-scale expedition, state officials said.

A team of N.C. Department of Cultural Resources archaeologists and conservators planned to raise the grapnel Wednesday from the QAR site off Beaufort.

The wrought iron grapnel, which still has two remaining prongs, will be shown Thursday at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and again at the QAR Conservation Lab in Greenville from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information about the QAR project, go to www.qaronline.org.

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An anchor from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, is expected to be raised Wednesday due to its unstable position.
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