She left Sydney on 29 March 1802 with Lieutenant Neil McKellar on board who carried the dispatches from Governor Phillip Gidley King to England.

[1] There was a report that she had been at Saint Mary Island, Chile in August 1802.

She had sprung her mast on her way from New South Wales, and had stopped to effect repairs.

After Caroline was repaired, Captain Tuckermann had sailed for his destination.

[2] Caroline was never heard of again and was lost with McKellar, Tuckerman, and a crew of nine men.