Caroline (1814 ship)

Caroline was launched at Philadelphia in 1800, possibly under another name. She appeared in British records from 1814. From 1820 on she was based at Hobart in Van Diemen's Land. From there she sailed to and from Port Jackson and on seal hunting voyages to Macquarie Island. 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.

For other ships with the same name, see Caroline (ship).

History
United States
Builder: Philadelphia[1]
Launched: 1800[1]
Captured: 1814
United Kingdom
Name: Caroline
Acquired: c.1814 by purchase of a prize
Fate: Wrecked 17 March 1825
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 224,[2] or 247[1] (bm)
Armament: 2 × 12-pounder guns[1]

Career

Caroline first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1814.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1814 A.Gourlic
H.Allen		 F.Becket London–Quebec LR

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. It was expected that she would be gotten off.[3] On 25 August she was gotten off after some of her cargo had been removed. She was taken into Portsmouth.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1815 H.Allen
Lilburne		 F.Becket London–Demerara LR
1816 J.Lilurne
C.Davy		 F.Becket London–Demerara LR

On 6 March 1818 Caroline, Serjeant, master, sailed from Demerara but grounded on one of the banks. She had to put back and it was expected that she would be detained until spring.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1819 J.Sargent Douglas & Co. London–Demerara LR
1820 J.Sargent
D.Taylor		 Douglas & Co. London–Demerara
London–New South Wales		 LR
1821 D.Taylor F.Lord Plymouth–New South Wales LR

On 3 August 1820, Caroline, Taylor, master, arrived at Plymouth from London. She sailed on 8 August, bound for New South Wales. She arrived there, and then on 3 January 1821 Caroline, Taylor, master, sailed from Port Jackson for the Derwent River. On 30 May she was back at New South Wales from Hobart Town.

On 15 November Caroline sailed for the South Shetland Islands; she arrived there on 19 December 1821. On 3 February 1822 Caroline, Taylor, master, from Port Jackson, was reported to be there with 500 seal skins.[6] However, by 25 February she was at Valparaiso, having come from the Juan Fernández Islands. On 15 February 1823 Caroline returned from her 16-month long sealing and whaling voyage. She was last from Macquarie Island.[7]

On 17 April she sailed for Macquarie Island to hunt elephant oil and skins. My mid-July she was back at Hobart Town. On 2 October she again sailed for Macquarie Island. On 1 January 1824 she returned with a full cargo of oil.[8] On 30 January she arrived at Sydney from Macquarie Island with a full cargo of sea-elephant oil.

On 4 March Caroline sailed for the sperm whale fishery. On 22 April she returned from Macquarie island with 90 tons of elephant oil. On 4 July Caroline sailed for Hobart and Île de France. By 28 August she was in the River Derwent. On 1 September she arrived at Sydney with 3150 bushels of wheat from Launceston, Tasmania.[9]

Fate

Caroline departed from Port Jackson on 17 November 1824, bound for Macquarie Island.

Caroline, Taylor, master, was totally lost in March 1825, together with her cargo, on the west coast of Macquarie Island.[10] A gale had driven her ashore. Some 90 tons of her cargo of 130 tons of elephant seal oil were lost, but all aboard survived. Some five months later Wellington brought Taylor and his crew back to Sydney.[11] About a month later Cyprus brought Caroline's surviving whale oil from Macquarie Island back to Tasmania.[12]

Lloyd's Register

Between 1823 and 1826 LR apparently carried duplicate entries for Caroline. 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.

Year Master Owner Trade Source and notes
1823 D.Taylor F.Lord Plymouth–New South Wales LR; 224 tons (bm), Philadelphia (1800); good repair 1820
1823 Taylor Lord London–Van Diemen's Land LR; 244 tons (bm), Baltimore (1806); thorough repair 1820
1823 Taylor Lord London–New South Wales RS; 224 tons (bm), America (1803), damages repaired 1815

Citations and references

Citations

  1. LR (1814), Seq.№C150.
  2. Hackman (2001), p. 259.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. 26 August 1814. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. 30 August 1814. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5277). 5 May 1818. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (5698). 14 May 1822. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. "POSTSCRIPT". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser 22 February 1823, Page 2.
  8. "SHIP NEWS".Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 8 January 1824, Page 2.
  9. "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 7 October 1824, Page 2.
  10. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (6106). 11 April 1826.
  11. No title. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 22 September 1825 Page 3.
  12. "Ship News". Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser, 7 October 1825, P. 2.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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