Captain Haddock the time of their last completed and published adventure, "Tintin and the Picaros", Haddock had become such an important figure that he dominates much of the story. Captain (Archibald) Haddock's ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, is hinted at being the illegitimate son of the French Sun King (Louis XIV), a possible reference to Hergé's own family history— Hergé liked to believe that his father was the illegitimate son of the Belgian king Leopold II. As Hergé was considering names for his new character, he asked his wife, Germaine, what she had cooked for dinner. She told him, “a sad English fish—haddock.”
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