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
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