Jolly Roger flag - from 1982 to present day

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Penguin

So do you think that the order to raise the black flag on the u-boats during the capitulation has a connection to this fact?

I couldn't say for sure but IMHO I'd have thought it was more a way of sending a 'dark sorrowful message' a kind of 'mourning' if you like.