This one’s actually true. The Jolly Roger is the name given to a flag which identifies a pirate ship. It was typically a black flag that featured either a skull and crossbones, or a figure of a ...

A Royal Navy submarine Jolly Roger flag believed to be the oldest ... These symbols would either be painted or sewn on to a bit of black material. “Visitors are intrigued by our Jolly Rogers ...

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 ...