At the height of World War II, Republic of Turkey ordered 50 Kuruş coins and 100 Lira banknotes from Bradbury Wilkinson of United Kingdom. Newly minted coins and banknotes were put on British ship Yorkshire to be delivered to Turkey . On April 16th, 1941 the ship makes a short stop in Pireaus, Greece . In an unfortunate set of events, Germans make a suprise attack on harbor and sunk many ships including Yorkshire. Local Greeks looted the cargo of Yorkshire and tried to put the new 50 Kuruş and 100 Lira’s into circulation which caused the Turkish Government to cancel these issues and place a new order, replacing 50 Kuruş (p134) with 50 Kuruş (p133). All 50 Kuruş (p133) and 100 Lira (p137) in collections show similar sign of damage due to contact with salt water. A third banknote 50 Lira (p136) from the same series could not be put into circulation due to the fact that printing house was destroyed during a German raid.