HMS Whitaker (K580)
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. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
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HMS Whitaker (K580)
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. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
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The second HMS Whitaker (K580) ...... Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
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date of acquirement
1944-01-28
1945-12-03
commissioning date
1944-01-28
completion date
1944-01-28
laying down
1943-10-20
length (μ)
9.32688e+1
ship beam (μ)
1.12014e+1
ship launched
1943-12-12
status
*Constructive total loss1 November 1944
*Returned to United States 3 December 1945
Sold 9 January 1947 for scrapping
Transferred to United Kingdom 28 January 1944
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Ship acquired
Ship armament
*3 × /50 Mk.22 guns
*1 × twin ...... harges
*QF 2-pounder naval gun
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Ship class
Ship commissioned
1944-01-28
never
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Ship complement
Ship completed
1944-01-28
Ship country
United Kingdom
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United States
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Ship decommissioned
March 1945
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Ship displacement
Ship fate
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Ship laid down
1943-10-20
Ship launched
1943-12-12
Ship name
HMS Whitaker
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unnamed
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Ship namesake
Vice Admiral Sir Edward Whitak ...... commanding officer of in 1704
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Ship notes
Pennant number K580
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Ship propulsion
*Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D ...... ectric motors for
*Two shafts
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Ship range
at
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Ship sensors
*SA & SL type radars
*Type 144 ...... tion Finding Type FH 4 antenna
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Ship struck
1945-05-19
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The second HMS Whitaker (K580) ...... Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
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HMS Whitaker (K580)
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