Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures (3 January 1751,

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– 13 July 1786, Baie des Français, Lituya,

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) was a French navigator and explorer and a member of the La Pérouse expedition (1 August 1785 to 13 July 1786) and of the

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Life

Training at the Ecole royale de Marine (1773–1775), he fought in several campaigns from 1776 to 1783 and held his last command on the ''la Dorade'' (decommissioned in 1783). Lieutenant de vaisseau from 14 April 1781, he received the

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on 1 June 1783. On 13 May 1785, the comte d'Hector chose Morel d'Escures, to oversee the works on and arming of the ''Portefaix'' (later the ''Boussole''), and would embark on that ship as

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. He died trying to negotiate the passage of the bay of Lituya.

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