Imagine what Eastern European sailors are like....
At 0546 (UTC+1) on 15 February 2011, the feeder container vessel K-Wave (7170 gross tons) ran aground 13 miles east of Malaga on the south Spanish coast, while on passage from Algeciras to Valencia. At the time of the grounding she was proceeding at full speed, and the bridge was unmanned.
http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources...Web_Report.pdf
An extract from the report :
K-Wave steamed almost 50 miles, at full speed and with no one on the bridge, before grounding. While it was unlikely that this was the intended outcome when the party on the bridge started.....
I have just once got drunk with Russians. Four pints of Guinness and a bottle of vodka each. I had a two-day hangover. The Russian "lady" could barely walk the next day as she was still drunk but she drove to work. Next morning the Russian guy appeared to be stone-cold sober and had no hangover - I later found out he drank a bottle of vodka three or four times a week.