The skull. For many in the Western world, it’s an instant symbol of danger, a pirate’s flag snapping in the wind, or the ...

From the Straw Hats to the Blackbeard Pirates, these ships have all been crewed by members of the notorious Worst Generation ...

The sight of a Jolly Roger flag once struck fear into the hearts of sailors at sea as it often meant a bloodthirsty band of pirates were about to launch a deadly attack – but there is a ...

You may have seen a submarine returning to port with a Jolly Roger flag waving from its mast. It turns out this is part of a tradition that goes way back.

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The threads are inspired by the Jolly Rogers fighting squadron, which adopted their name from the famous flag flown by pirates dating back to the 18th century.

The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.

The tradition has continued with examples including the HMS Conqueror flying a Jolly Roger on return from the Falklands War in 1982 and HMS Otus raising their flag on return from the Gulf War in 1991.

March 26, 2024 at 2:58pm GMT A Royal Navy submarine Jolly Roger flag believed to be the oldest surviving one of its kind is to go on display at a Portsmouth museum. The maritime antique from the ...

A Royal Navy submarine Jolly Roger flag believed to be the oldest surviving one of its kind is to go on display at a Portsmouth museum. The maritime antique from the HMS E54, which was flown in ...