The flag was made from scraps of material by petty officer Sharp (pictured on the right in the back row), he was awarded The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) A Jolly Roger pirate flag from a ...

and damned un-English’ 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 death was super rare.” 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 ...

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard museum said the Jolly Roger was often thought of as a pirate flag. Royal Navy submarines ... the sinking of an enemy merchant ship, a lighthouse [means] the boat ...

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 ...

Take a look at the Launch Trailer for Pirates VR Jolly Roger, a VR action-adventure pirate game developed by Split Light ...

But how did the flag get its name? And which pirates used it? If you'd like to learn more about the unmistakable Jolly Roger, click through this gallery now. You may also like: ...

MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher announced Tuesday that he’d given every team in the MAC a Jolly Roger pirate flag to fly when it beats a Power 5 school or wins a bowl game.