MOREHEAD CITY, NC (WECT) Crews will get better some sort of 2,500 lb. single point that belonged to Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne 's Revenge, from the particular Atlantic Ocean Friday. The anchor have been within the underwater level because 1718.
The single point will probably be mentioned to the decks with the R/V Dan Moore, CFCC vessel, but will always be offloaded along at the State Port at Morehead City.
The criminal court will be asked to view the anchor Friday from 12:15-1:30 p.m. at the Crystal Coast Visitor Center. After the particular viewing, the actual point will probably be taken for the QAR Conservation Lab at East Carolina University with Greenville.
"The almost all comprehensive exhibit with Queen Anne 's Revenge stuff to date will open for the NC Maritime Museum on June 11," mentioned Director Joseph Schwarzer, from the NC Maritime Museums. " The showcase comprises the total reconstruction in addition to redesign connected with about 30 % of the Museum's show space."
In June 1718, Blackbeard went your boat aground immediately after a very good blockade with the Charleston harbor. The shipwreck ended up being located in 1996 by Intersal, Inc. associated with Florida by Operations Director Mike Daniel as a result of exploration provided by simply Intersal President Phil Masters.
The Queen Anne 's Revenge shipwreck site, which will can be outlined around the National Register of Historic Sites, provides previously yielded above 250,000 artifacts.
WECT's Dustin Etheridge can be aboard this Dan Moore and can be tweeting updates over the day. Watch part of this restoration Friday with this evening newscasts.
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