Pyotr Khanykov

[3] Then he was sent to England to study maritime practice and until 1765 he served as a volunteer on the ships of the British Royal Navy.

Since 1781, he was a member of the "Neptune to Hope" Masonic lodge in Kronstadt, led by Spiridov, Alexei Grigorievich and Greig, Samuil Karlovich.

On September 2, 1793, he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral, and on December 5 of the same year he was appointed chief commander of the galley fleet and port.

In 1795-1796 he commanded a squadron (12 battleships and 8 frigates), which participated together with the British fleet in the blockade of the coast of the Batavian Republic.

For actions during this period, he was found guilty of an imprudent oversight, weakness in command, slowness, since he did not prevent the connection of the British ships with the Swedish fleet and retired, "having no reason", to the Baltic Port, losing the ship Vsevolod; demoted to privates for a month.

He was buried at the Lazarevskoe Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (VIII section of the necropolis of the 18th century).