Lusitania puppet Kingdom of Northern Lusitania as one of the successor states to Portugal under the assumption that such a campaign would result in an easy French victory. The province was also the namesake of the North Atlantic Ocean Liner RMS Lusitania infamous for being torpedoed by a German Uboat in 1915. The ship’s owners the Cunard Line commonly named their vessels after Roman provinces with the Lusitania so being called after the Roman Iberian province to the north of the Strait of Gibraltar while her sistership RMS Mauretania was named after the Roman North African province on the south side
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania the whereabouts of "Lusitania" by telephoning Cunard, who refused to give out any information and referred him to the Admiralty. At sea, the ships contacted "Lusitania" by radio, but did not have the codes used to communicate with merchant ships. Captain Daniel Dow of "Lusitania" refused to give his own position except in code, and since he was, in any case, some distance from the positions he gave, continued to Liverpool unescorted. It seems that, in response to this new submarine threat, some alterations were made to "Lusitania" and her operation. She was ordered not to fly any flags in