Richard Haddock Richard Haddock Sir Richard Haddock (c.1629 – 26 January 1715 Old Style) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral in August 1690. In Herge's Adventures of Tintin, Richard Haddock was one of the inspirations for Captain Haddock's 17th century ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock. Haddock was born into a distinguished navy family. His grandfather, also Richard Haddock, had been rewarded by the government in 1652, having held commands under both Charles I and subsequently the Parliamentary regime; he commanded the "Victory" in 1642, the "Antelope" in 1643-44, the
Haddock recorded was in length and weighed , however, haddock are rarely over in length and the vast majority of haddocks caught in the United Kingdom measure between and . In eastern Canadian waters haddock range in size from to in length and and in weight. The haddock has populations on either side of the north Atlantic but it is more abundant in the eastern Atlantic than it is on the North American side. In the north-east Atlantic it occurs from the Bay of Biscay north to Spitzbergen, however, it is most abundant north of the English Channel. The largest stocks