In 1522 the Navy said that the sailors should have one fish between 4 men on the three fish days in a week (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday).
Royal MS. 7. C. xvi. f.127. BM

These fish were big salted cod, which would have been cut up and boiled to make a sort of fish stew.

We found a lot of fish bones in the stern of the Mary Rose, you can see some of them in the picture. When these bones were looked at we found they were cod bones.

The fish would have been nearly 1 metre long, and their heads had been cut off.

Fish Bones

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