Kingdom of Northern Lusitania Kingdom of Northern Lusitania The Kingdom of Northern Lusitania (Portuguese: "Reino da Lusitânia Setentrional") was a kingdom proposed by Napoleon in 1807 for the King of Etruria, Charles II, located in the North of Portugal. In 1807 Portugal refused Napoleon's demand to accede to the Continental System of embargo against the United Kingdom. Napoleon, having signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau on 27 October, 1807, with Spain, defined the occupation of Portugal, proposing that the country would be divided into three different states: A French invasion under Marshal Junot followed, and the capital city of Lisbon was captured on 1 December
RMS Lusitania Turbines offered the advantages of generating less vibration than the reciprocating engines and greater reliability in operation at high speeds, combined with lower fuel consumption. It was agreed that a trial would be made by fitting turbines to , which was already under construction. The result was a ship faster than her conventionally powered sister with the expected improvements in passenger comfort and operating economy. The ship was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. The ship's name was taken from Lusitania, an ancient Roman province on the west of Iberian Peninsula, the