Craig Whitaker, left, and Ron Smith, both members of Bay Area Divers, prepare for a dive at White Star Quarry in Gibsonburg on Oct. 2, 2023. (Photo by Sheri Trusty)
BY SHERI TRUSTY
On Nov. 28, 1717, infamous pirate Edward Teach – more recognizable by his nickname, Blackbeard – captured the French ship, La Concorde, in the West Indies. He renamed it Queen Anne’s Revenge, marked it as his fleet’s flagship, and embarked on a journey of piracy, plummeting British, Dutch and Portuguese merchant ships…