La Epoca
| Name | La Epoca |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 2,432 tons |
| Country |  Uruguayan |
| Built | 1893
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| Builder | D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow
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| Operator | Oriental Navigation Corp., Montevideo
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| History | Steel-hulled, four-masted bark. Built as Corunna for the Corunna Sailing Ship Co., Ltd. (J. Hardie & Co.), Glasgow. Ran aground on September 1, 1904 at Miramar, near Bahia Blanca. Refloated October 12, 1904. Registered closed sooner thereafter and vessel deleted from Lloyd’s Register. Returned to a seaworthy condition in 1917 and renamed La Epoca with Dodero Hermanos, Montevideo as owner. Ownership transferred to Oriental Navigation Corp., Montevideo sooner before vessel was sunk.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel La Epoca
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 29 Oct 1917 | U 93 (Helmut Gerlach) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled about 30 miles SW Cordouan
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| New York - Bordeaux
| steel, lubricating oil & general cargo
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| Incorrectly listed in Spindler as being French.
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