Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ballard banyere n'ụgbọ mmiri na Disemba 1776, n'okpuru nkwado nke Captain the Honourable John Leveson-Gower, nwa John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, onye bụ n'oge ahụ onye isi nke, nke mejupụtara akụkụ nke ụgbọ mmiri n'okpuru iwu nke Admiral Keppel n'oge ọkọchị nke 1778. N'ọnwa Ọktoba 1779, a kpọfere ya na Captain Mark Robinson, ma nọrọ na ya mgbe Sir George Rodney meriri ụgbọ mmiri Spanish na Cape St. Vincent na 16 Jenụwarị 1780. N'ọnwa Julaị na-esote, "Shrewsbury" sonyeere ụgbọ mmiri Rodney na West Indies, nọ ya
N'akụkụ Martinique na 29 Eprel 1781, ma duru van n'ime ihe na Chesapeake na 5 Septemba 1781. N'oge ọgụ ahụ, ọgụ ahụ dara na "Shrewsbury", nke nwere mmadụ iri na anọ nwụrụ anwụ na mmadụ iri ise na abụọ merụrụ ahụ, gụnyere Captain Robinson, onye tụfuru ụkwụ ya. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ mechara laghachi West Indies na Sir Samuel Hood, ma soro ya rụọ ọrụ na St. Kitts na Jenụwarị 1782, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a ga-ezigara ya Jamaica maka mmezi. Na 10 Febụwarị 1783, mgbe ọ ka nọ na Jamaica, Admiral Rowley mere Ballard onye isi nke ise, ma jiri ya rụọ ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri dị iche iche n'ime afọ iri nke udo. Mgbe agha bidoro ọzọ, ọ bụ onye isi ndị agha nke, nke bu ọkọlọtọ Admiral Alan Gardner n'ụbọchị ikpeazụ nke Mee na 1 June 1794. Agha nke Ebube nke Mbụ nke June meriri maka Ballard ọkwa onye isi ya na 5 Julaị 1794, na na 1 Ọgọstụ 1795 ọ gara n'ihu na ọkwa post-captain.