<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UBallard wangena ebuthweni lasolwandle ngoDisemba 1776, ngaphansi kokuxhaswa uCaptain the Honourable John Leveson-Gower, indodana kaJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, ngaleso sikhathi owayengukaputeni we-, okwakuyingxenye yemikhumbi eyayingaphansi 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. NgoJuly olandelayo i-Shrewsbury yaphinde yajoyina imikhumbi kaRodney eWest Indies, yayikhona  <response>: I-Van yakhishwa eMartinique ngomhlaka 29 Ephreli 1781, futhi yahola i-van ekusebenzeni kwe-Chesapeake ngomhlaka 5 Septhemba 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. 