A deck crewmember went to the bridge to make a telephone call with the ship’s internet phone. While walking about on the bridge with the cordless phone, he went to the open outer door on the starboard side bridge wing, where he saw a slipper lying on the grating by the lifebuoy release station.
Realizing he had not seen the OOW when he came to the bridge, he concluded something was wrong. He immediately hung up and raised the alarm. The Master and others arrived on the bridge and the general...