Captain Haddock home, Marlinspike Hall (or "Moulinsart" in the original French). Harry Thompson, author of "Tintin: Hergé and his creation", writes that the introduction of this large and luxurious country house was "to provide a suitable ancestral home for Tintin and himself to move into." To achieve this in terms of the plot, Hergé also details Haddock's ancestry, something Thompson regards as distinctive: "Haddock is the only regular character whose relatives turn up in the Tintin stories at all (if one discounts Jolyon Wagg and his dreadful family)." As Haddock's role grew, Hergé expanded his character, basing him upon aspects of friends,
SS Belgian Captain Code Letters were changed to ONCC. In 1960, "Capitaine Lambe" was sold to Mullion & Co Ltd, Hong Kong and was renamed "Ardee". In 1964, she was sold to Sigma Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong and was renamed "Alpha Trader". She was operated under the management of Trinity Development Co Ltd, Hong Kong. "Alpha Trader" served until 1967. She arrived at Shanghai, China for scrapping in November 1967. SS Belgian Captain Belgian Captain was a cargo ship which was built in 1942 as Empire Centaur for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1943 she was passed to the Belgian