The book of the writer and journalist, captain of the 1st rank Vladimir Shigan is devoted to the investigation of the circumstances of the death of ships carrying large loads of gold at different times. The reader will get acquainted with the history of the legendary "Black Prince" - a British sailing frigate that crashed on the rocks of Balaklava Bay on November 13, 1854, with the tragedy of the 2nd Pacific Squadron of the Russian fleet, which suffered a terrible defeat in the bloody Tsushima battle on May 14-15, 1905. The author will also tell about the secret of the German cruiser Magdeburg, which ran aground on August 25, 1914 near the island of Odensholm and was blown up by the team, about the "flying Dutch" of the Land of Soviets, about the English cruiser Edinburgh, which transported 5.5 tons of Soviet gold in the hold to pay Lend-Lease cargo and died on May 2, 1942 in a battle with German ships.