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,
HMS Haddock (1805) command of "lieutenant de vaisseau" Degrave. On 16 November "Génie" captured two more vessels. One was "Lusitania", Carmen, master, which had been sailing from Grenada to London. The second was "Fortune", of Bristol, Hare, master, which had been sailing from St Croix to London. The Frenchmen plundered "Lusitania" and then put the captured crews on board her. Next the Frenchmen sank "Fortune" and "Haddock" and let "Lusitania" depart. "Lusitania" arrived at Portsmouth on 25 November. HMS Haddock (1805) HMS "Haddock" was a Royal Navy schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel