Arthur Wilson, specifically was vehemently against the use of submarines and made it clear that if hostile submarine crews were ever caught, they would be hanged liked pirates. Apparently Wilson's ...

For a long time, pirate expert Peter Leeson thought this situation — pirates flying the flag known as the Jolly Roger — was a myth. "When I started studying pirates … I was absolutely ...

Museum curators aim to tell the “fascinating” history of the Jolly Roger flag, which is commonly believed to be a pirate flag despite originating from the Royal Navy. Each flag is a unique ...

to hoist the Jolly Roger until it was given to Taiwan in 1998. And so it was for the latest USS Kidd when it was commissioned in 2007. It not only flies the pirate flag when entering and leaving ...

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 ...

Museum curators aim to tell the “fascinating” history of the Jolly Roger flag, which is commonly believed to be a pirate flag despite originating from the Royal Navy. The Jolly Roger is commonly ...