Captain Craddock Captain Craddock Captain Craddock (French: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film "Bombs on Monte Carlo". It is sometimes known as Bombe Sur Monte Carlo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. According to Philippe Goddin, author of "Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre", the name of "Tintin"'s character Captain Haddock is inspired by this film. In "The Crab with the Golden Claws", Haddock sings
SS Belgian Captain Scotia. Convoy HX 254 departed New York on 27 August 1943 and arrived at Liverpool on 12 September. "Belgian Captain" was carrying a cargo of steel and lumber bound for Sunderland. There were complaints from other ships in the convoy that "Belgian Captain" did not repeat flag signals, despite orders to all ships to do so. Convoy ON 206 departed Liverpool on 11 October 1943 bound for New York. Convoy ON 291 departed Southend-on-Sea, Essex on 17 March 1945 bound for New York. In 1946, "Belgian Captain" was sold to Compagnie Maritime Belge SA and was renamed "Capitain Lambe". Her