He wouldn't be the first sailor wearing an undershirt in public while on liberty.
British soldiers and sailors during the 18th century wore their hair in a style known as the queue.
There are also marching sailors wearing white shirts and blue trousers.
And if a sailor wearing a black pearl was ever lost at sea, he could trade it to Poseidon for his life.
But this particular sailor," Malone put in, "is wearing the uniform of the man he killed.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, sailors wore baggy trousers known as galligaskins.
Each sailor wore an identical expression that proclaimed she deserved exactly what she got.
Usually sailors wore the command ball cap with this uniform, although a black watch cap was allowed in cold weather.
"But sailors don't wear tennis shoes," was Billy's prompt refutation.
The pensioned sailors wore blue uniforms not unlike the red ones of the Chelsea pensioners.