I ran across this article on early sailors cloths, sometimes bought from thew “Slop Chest” which sometimes contained cloths from dead sailors, the ship’s captain sometimes made a little extra money from the sale of the cloths.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, British and then American sailors lived a hard life in rough conditions, often forced to work on military ships against their will. Exposed to the elements and working long days, they obviously needed utilitarian clothing. But in some cases, the clothes available to them came from their deceased peers from the “slop chest.”
And on commercial ships, the ship’s owner could make a small profit by taking the clothes of dead sailors and selling them to new sailors through the slop chest.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/slop-chests-macabre-way-early-sailors-refreshed-wardrobes/

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