I suppose that there is a tendency to think that the bridge is always manned when it may only be visited every 4 hours in port when the duty mate fills in the logbook.
On some ships the cargo office on the main deck was equipped with a barometer and wet and dry thermometers so the logbook was maintained in the office. The bridge 10 decks above was kept locked and only visited when the vessel was preparing for sea.
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