Since the early 18th century, one symbol has spelled terror for sailors the world over like no other. Although it most ...

Ahoy there, mateys! The Backlot Players’ annual youth production, “Jolly Roger and the Pirate Queen,” will sail onto the Rose Theater stage beginning Saturday night.

A now lost pirate ship attraction that spent years anchored in a Liverpool park is still fondly remembered by generations of children. The Jolly Roger pirate ship had been a popular feature of ...

Roger, with the help of his faithful servant George, turns himself into the infamous pirate, Captain Blood. He hires a crew to sail his ship, the Sea Serpent.

When Roger lights a match, the resulting explosion leaves him covered in flour and looking like a skeleton, which frightens the good guys into abandoning ship—and inspires the skull-and ...

The guided missile destroyer USS Kidd flies the Jolly Roger pirate flag. Not every warship can get away with that, but the USS Kidd isn't any ordinary warship.