Royal Navy dress (ratings) before 1857

[Top-of-the-hill]

   I have gathered from various websites that before 1857, ratings wore "slops", ready made clothing supplied by contractors. My ancestor joined in 1853 and spent the next 3 years in Australia and the tropics. Is there any way of finding out what these slops would have looked like?

[Andy J2022]

I believe the Naval working dress was something like this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/611785930645883951

[Andy J2022]

More on slops here: http://bbprivateer.ca/book/export/html/10

[hanes teulu]

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-71306

[hanes teulu]

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/45669383698869478/

[Top-of-the-hill]

  Thank you for all these pointers. Interesting to read that, although not uniform, the clothing was easily recognisable as sailors' dress.
  I am trying to put together a talk about this man, and all background detail is useful.