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.”
HMS Haddock (1805) She would then act as the model for the subsequent s. "Haddock" sailed for Jamaica on 11 December. In 1806 she was under Lieutenant Edward Foley. On 22 May she captured "Arrogante", for which head money for 19 men was paid in March 1828. In 1808 Lieutenant Charles William Selwyn took command. On 6 September, the American vessel "Nancy", Ringhaven, master, arrived at Jamaica. She had been sailing from Havana to Jamaica when "Haddock" detained her and sent her in. On 12 November 1809 the 18-gun square-rigged brig "Génie" captured "Haddock", which was under the command of Lieutenant Henry Edwards.