 "Hobbema" was placed under the management of the British & Continental Shipping Agency Ltd.

"Hobbema" departed Hull on 23 May and called at Methil and Loch Ewe before sailing for New York as a part of convoy ON 100 on 2 June.After an intermediate stop at Halifax, "Hobbema" arrived at the Cape Cod Canal on 19 June and proceeded on to New York where she arrived the next day.After making two trips to Philadelphia and back, she departed for Cape Cod Bay to form up with convoy BX 28 for Halifax, where she arrived on 11 July.