Hervé Cras (7 August 1910 – 2 November 1980) was a French military and naval historian, who wrote under the pseudonym Jacques Mordal.
[1] Born to a sailing family in Evreux,[1] Hervé Cras fought in World War II, surviving the Dunkirk evacuation.
[2] He became Director for Historical Studies at the Musée de la Marine, Paris.