Returning to the UK following a 5-month South Atlantic deployment, HMS Enterprise launched straight into Exercise Joint Warrior with just a short period alongside to replenish stores after the long trip across the pond.

The tedium of a long sea passage can be challenging but where some see tedium, others see opportunity. One of the ship’s Young Officers, S/Lt Stuart Lee RN, saw an opportunity to raise money for the ship’s charity; Primrose Breast Care Centre at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. Rather than a regular charity event, Stuart took advantage of his ‘tennis ball’ hair cut and challenged the ship’s company, stating that for every £50 they donated he would wear a Mohawk hair-cut for 3 days, and the individual donating the highest amount could have the honours of shaving said Mohawk into his head.