<prompt> Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ballard akapinda muuto rehondo muna Zvita 1776, pasi pekutsigirwa naKaputeni Anokudzwa John Leveson-Gower, mwanakomana waJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, uyo panguva iyoyo aive kaputeni we, iyo yakaumba chikamu chechikepe chiri pasi pekutungamira kwaAdmiral Keppel munguva yezhizha ra1778. Muna Gumiguru 1779 akaendeswa ku, Kaputeni Mark Robinson, uye aivepo paari apo Sir George Rodney akakunda ngarava dzeSpain kubva kuCape St. Vincent musi wa 16 Ndira 1780. Muna July akatevera Shrewsbury akabatanazve neboka raRodney muWest Indies, akanga aripo paMartinique musi wa 29 April 1781  <response>: , uye akatungamirira van muchiito cheChesapeake musi wa5 Gunyana 1781. Mukati mehondo mutoro wehondo wakawira paShrewsbury, iyo yakanga ine gumi nemana vakaurawa uye makumi mashanu nevaviri vakakuvadzwa, kubatanidza Kaputeni Robinson, uyo akarasikirwa negumbo. Ngarava yakazodzokera kuWest Indies naSir Samuel Hood, uye yakanga iinavo mumabasa kuSt Kitts munaJanuary 1782, mushure mokunge aifanira kutumirwa kuJamaica nokuda kwekugadzirisa. Musi wa 10 February 1783, achiri kuJamaica, Ballard akaitwa 5th lieutenant naAdmiral Rowley, uye akashandiswa zvakasimba mumidziyo yakasiyana-siyana mumakore gumi erunyararo. Apo hondo yakatanga zvakare akanga ari mutungamiri wekutanga we, iyo yakatakura Rear-Admiral Alan Gardners flag kuburikidza nemazuva ekupedzisira aMay uye 1 June 1794. Hondo yeGlorious First yaJune yakaita kuti Ballard awane chinzvimbo chake chemutungamiri musi wa5 Chikunguru 1794, uye musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1795 akaenderera mberi kusvika pachinzvimbo chepost-kaputeni. 