Captain Haddock Captain Haddock as a permanent addition to the cast. Hergé introduced Captain Haddock in "The Crab with the Golden Claws" as the rum-loving captain of the "Karaboudjan", a merchant vessel used— without Haddock's knowledge— by his first mate Allan for smuggling drugs inside crab tins. Because of his alcoholism and temperamental nature, his character was weak and unstable, at times posing as great a hazard to Tintin as the villains of the piece. He was also short-tempered, given to emotional expletive-ridden outbursts, and capable of infuriating behaviour; at one point he even attacks Tintin when, while traversing the Moroccan desert,
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