Captain Haddock Hergé thought this was a perfect name for Tintin’s new mariner friend, and so Captain Haddock was born. There was a real 20th-century ship's master bearing this unlikely but appropriate surname: Captain Herbert Haddock had been the skipper of the famous White Star Line's passenger vessel "Olympic". He had also been temporarily at the helm of Olympic's even more famous sister ship "Titanic" before "Titanic" was officially handed over to White Star for her doomed 1912 maiden voyage. Another famous namesake, and a possible inspiration for the Captain's ancestor Sir Francis, was the English admiral Richard Haddock, a veteran of
Harry Haddock in 1998. He is survived by his sons Robert and Gerard and daughter Josephine. His wife Helen died in 2011, and eldest daughter Helen-Marie died in 2004. Harry Haddock Harry Haddock (28 July 1925 – 18 December 1998) was a Scottish footballer, who spent almost his entire career with Clyde. He was also selected in the Scotland squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Haddock was born in Glasgow and as a left back joined Clyde in September 1949 and became a reliable fixture in the side over the following 13 seasons, latterly as captain. He enjoyed his fair share