''Caroline'' was a schooner constructed in

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, Massachusetts. She disappeared without trace in 1802. Built and registered in New Bedford, she was owned by ''Swain and Co'' a New Bedford firm. She reached Sydney on 22 December 1801 under the command of St. Tuckerman. She left Sydney on 29 March 1802 with Lieutenant Neil McKellar on board who carried the dispatches from Governor

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. ''Caroline'' was to return to

. 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."SHIP NEWS". ''Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser'', 19 May 1805, p.3.
/ref> ''Caroline'' was never heard of again and was lost with McKellar, Tuckerman, and a crew of nine men.

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