The island of the dead ships. Belyaev A.

Belyaev’s fascinating novel “Island of the Dead Ships”, filmed twice, does not belong to his fantastic works, however, the rested, stressful plot, colorful characters and unexpected denouement make it one of the brightest examples of classical adventure literature.

... 1920s. In the ocean, a transatlantic liner crashes. A miracle of the surviving passengers-Reginald Gatling, arrested for a crime that he did not commit, escorting him to the states of the detective of Simpkins and the beautiful Vivian Kingman-takes somewhere in the standing waters of the terrible and mysterious Sargasso sea, where they find themselves captives of the inhabitants of the mysterious man-made island, created from the remains of ships of all time brought here for many centuries for many centuries.