Captain Haddock
M.J. Prior
M.J.Prior at student.rug.nl
Wed May 14 16:46:31 CEST 2003
Captain Herbert Haddock was captain of the SS Olympic,
sistership to the SS Titanic, and receiving her
S.O.S.-calls on that fatal night in 1912. Haddock was also
the first to telegraph the news of the disastrofe to the
White Star Line.
http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Opry/1940/pages/olympic/
history.htm
The other Captain Haddock's first name is Archibald.
(Actually, there's a whole family of captains and admirals
Haddock in the South-English town of Leigh-on-Sea. I don't
know if this Herbert Haddock belongs to that family.)
Michiel Prior.
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