She began as an armed British merchant ship, but was hijacked a year later by French privateers, then sold to Spain, where she returned to France in 1713 and was remodeled again, where she was sold to Spain. He was then sold to French merchants and converted into a slave ship, renamed the Concorde of Nantes. Eventually the Blackbearded pirates doubled the number of guns on their ships, renaming her the Queen Anne's Revenge in honor of Queen Anne of Great Britain.