Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Ball ki te Royal Navy, a i te 7 o Akuhata 1778, i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira. E toru tau i muri mai ka tiimata tana hononga tata ki a Sir George Rodney. I whakatairangahia a Ball hei rangatira i te 14 o Paenga-whāwhā 1782, e rua rā i muri i te matenga o tana rangatira
Ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te wikitoria, ā, ka riro i a ia te mana o. I te 20 o Poutu-te-rangi 1783 ka riro ia hei rangatira. I te hokinga mai o te rangimarie, ka tukuna a Ball ki te hawhe-utu. Kātahi ka noho ia ki Wīwī mō te tau, e hiahia ana ki te ako i te reo, kia ora ai i te iti o te moni. I tenei wa kaore a Kapene Horatio Nelson i tino miharo ki tana hoa me tana hoa a muri ake nei, a ka kiia ko Ball he "coxcomb nui".