Caroline was built by John Crookenden and was registered at Calcutta on 21 November 1825.

A ship named Caroline, under the command of Captain Howey, left London on 19 April 1828 and arrived in Sydney on 12 September 1828, carrying a cargo of general merchandise, livestock, and passengers including immigrants.

[4][5][6][7] Another source states that the ship sailed from Plymouth, also on 19 April 1828, under the command of Captain Howard.

She left on 6 June and after stopping over at Rio de Janeiro, arrived at the Swan River Colony on 12 October.

On her only convict voyage, Caroline, under the command of Alexander Macdonald and surgeon George Birnie, she departed Cork, Ireland on 15 April 1833 and arrived in Sydney on 6 August.