<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UBallard wangena ebuthweni lempi ngoDisemba 1776, ngaphansi kokuxhaswa nguKaputeni uJohn Leveson-Gower, indodana kaJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, owayengukaputeni ngaleso sikhathi we-, okwakungxenye yemikhumbi ngaphansi komyalo ka-Admiral Keppel ehlobo lika-1778. Ngo-Okthoba ka-1779, wadluliselwa ku-, uCaptain Mark Robinson, futhi wayekhona lapho uSir George Rodney ehlula imikhumbi yaseSpain eCape St. Vincent ngo-16 Januwari 1780. NgoJulayi olandelayo i-Shrewsbury yajoyina imikhumbi kaRodney eWest Indies, yayikhona eMartinique ngo-29 April 1781  <response>: , futhi wahola iveni esenzweni saseChesapeake ngoSepthemba 5, 1781. Phakathi nempi isisindo sokulwa sawela ku-Shrewsbury, okwakubulewe abantu abayishumi nane kwalimala abangamashumi amahlanu nambili, kuhlanganise noKaputeni Robinson, owalahlekelwa umlenze. Kamuva umkhumbi wabuyela eWest Indies noSir Samuel Hood, futhi waba naye emisebenzini eSt Kitts ngoJanuwari 1782, ngemuva kwalokho kwadingeka ukuthi athunyelwe eJamaica ukuze alungiswe. NgoFebhuwari 10, 1783, ngenkathi eseseJamaica, uBallard wenziwa uLieutenant wesihlanu ngu-Admiral Rowley, futhi wasebenza ngenkuthalo emikhunjini ehlukene phakathi neminyaka eyishumi yokuthula. Lapho impi iphinda iqala futhi, wayenguthishanhloko we-, eyayithwala ifulegi likaRear-Admiral Alan Gardner ngezinsuku zokugcina zikaMeyi nangoJuni 1, 1794. Impi yeGlorious First of June yanikeza uBallard isikhundla sakhe sokuba umphathi ngoJulayi 5, 1794, kwathi ngo-Agasti 1, 1795 waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni. 