Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Ballard ki te moana i te marama o Tihema 1776, i raro i te mana o Kapene te Honore John Leveson-Gower, tama a John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, i taua wa ko te rangatira o te, i hangaia hei waahanga o te kaipuke i raro i te whakahau a Admiral Keppel i te raumati o 1778. I te Oketopa 1779 i whakawhitihia ia ki te, Kapene Mark Robinson, a i reira ia i a Sir George Rodney i patu i te ope Paniora i Cape St. Vincent i te 16 o Hanuere 1780. I te Hōngongoi i muri mai, ka uru atu a "Shrewsbury" ki te ope o Rodney i te Hauauru o Inia, i tae atu
I waho o Martinique i te 29 o Paenga-whāwhā 1781, ā, i ārahi i te waka i te mahi i waho o Chesapeake i te 5 o Mahuru 1781. I te wa o te pakanga i hinga te taumaha o te whawhai ki runga i te "Shrewsbury", e wha tekau ma wha i mate, e rima tekau ma rua i whara, tae atu ki a Kapene Robinson, i ngaro tetahi waewae. I muri mai ka hoki mai te kaipuke ki te Hauauru ki a Sir Samuel Hood, a, i a ia i nga mahi i St. Kitts i te Hanuere 1782, i muri mai ka tukuna ia ki Jamaica mo te whakatika. I te 10 o Hui-tanguru 1783, i a ia ano i Jamaica, i whakawhiwhia a Ballard ki te 5 o nga rangatira e Admiral Rowley, a i kaha tana mahi i nga kaipuke rereke i roto i nga tau tekau o te rangimarie. I te pakarutanga o te pakanga, ko ia te rangatira tuatahi o te, i kawe i te haki a Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner i nga ra whakamutunga o Mei me te 1 o Hune 1794. I te pakanga o te Glorious First o Hune i riro ai i a Ballard tana rangatira rangatira i te 5 o Hurae 1794, ana i te 1 o Akuhata 1795 ka eke ia ki te taumata o te rangatira.