Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru atu a Ballard ki te kaipuke moana i te Hakihea 1776, i raro i te mana o te Kapene Honore John Leveson-Gower, tama a John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, i taua wā ko ia te rangatira o te, i noho hei wāhanga o te kaipuke i raro i te whakahau a Admiral Keppel i te raumati o te tau 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 e whai ake nei, ka uru atu a "Shrewsbury" ki te ope a Rodney i nga West Indies, i te 29 o Paenga-whāwhā 1781
, a i arahi i te waka i te mahi i te 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.