Hijacking from Italian port of Russian submarine in 1914, attempt to blow up cruiser Aurora on the historic night of October 25, 1917, the odyssey of the Polish submarine "Eagle" during the Second World War, rebellion on a Soviet ship "Watchman" in 1975 is an incomplete list of naval adventures of the 20th century, which are told by the famous marine writer N. Cherkashin, himself a former submariner, in his fifth book "Marine Collection" of the publishing house "Top Secret." The book is illustrated with unique photographs, most of which are published for the first time.