Why Do Some Submarines Fly A Pirate Flag?
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 ...
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Navy Football Honors the ‘Jolly Rogers’ With Special ‘Fear the Bones’ Uniforms for Rivalry Game With Army, Bowl Game vs. Oklahoma
The iconic “Skull and Crossbones” of the Jolly Roger first took flight with VF-17, the Navy’s deadliest fighter squadron of World War II, in January 1943. Since then, this legendary insignia ...
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St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum
and one of two surviving 17th-century Jolly Roger flags (that familiar black flag featuring a skull and crossbones). At the center of the museum, travelers can climb aboard a replica pirate ship ...
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The Rebellious reason British submarines fly the Jolly Roger after missions
When the Royal Navy launched its first submarine in 1901, the Sea Lord said submarines were ‘underhand, unfair, and damned un-English’ The sight of a Jolly Roger flag once struck fear into the ...