She departed on a sealing voyage in November 1824 and wrecked at Macquarie Island on 17 March 1825; her crew were rescued some five months later.

[1] Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 26 August 1814 that Caroline, Allen, master, had been returning to London from Demerary when she grounded on the Bembridge Ridge.

She arrived there, and then on 3 January 1821 Caroline, Taylor, master, sailed from Port Jackson for the Derwent River.

On 3 February 1822 Caroline, Taylor, master, from Port Jackson, was reported to be there with 500 seal skins.

[8] On 30 January she arrived at Sydney from Macquarie Island with a full cargo of sea-elephant oil.

[10] Caroline, Taylor, master, was totally lost in March 1825, together with her cargo, on the west coast of Macquarie Island.

[12] About a month later Cyprus brought Caroline's surviving whale oil from Macquarie Island back to Tasmania.

These entries had some inconsistencies with each other and with the Register of Shipping (RS) concerning Caroline's burthen, and place and year of origin.