The second HMS Whitaker (K580), and the first to enter service, was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II.

The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-571 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 20 October 1943 and launched on 12 December 1943.

The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy [1] as the frigate HMS Whitaker (K580) on 28 January 1944 simultaneously with her transfer.

She served on patrol and escort duty and operated in support of the invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944.

[2] Towed first to Londonderry Port, Northern Ireland, and then to Belfast, Northern Ireland, Whitaker was declared a constructive total loss, remained inactive for the rest of World War II, and was decommissioned in March 1945.