In November 1943, "Whitehall" was reassigned to the escort of Arctic convoys between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. On 15 November, "Whitehall", the destroyer , the corvette , and the minesweeper set out from Loch Ewe, Scotland, as the escort of Convoy JW 54A during its passage to the Kola Inlet in North Russia, where it arrived without incident on 24 November. She and the same ships escorted Convoy RA 54B from the Kola Inlet to Loch Ewe between 27 November and 9 December 1943 in another uneventful passage. On 20 December 1943, she set out from Loch Ewe with the destroyer , the corvettes and , and the minesweeper as the escort for Convoy JW 55B; after the German battleship put to sea to threaten the convoy, destroyers of the Home Fleet joined the escort on 25 December. Heavy units of the Home Fleet sank "Scharnhorst" in the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943, and JW 55B arrived at the Kola Inlet on 30 December without losing any ships. On 31 December, "Whitehall", "Wrestler", "Honeysuckle", "Oxlip", and the corvette departed the Kola Inlet as the escort for Convoy RA 55B.