May. Van Honthorst sailed from Oran on 5 July to join Convoy KMS 55, which had departed from Gibraltar the previous day and arrived at Port Said on 14 July. She left the convoy at Algiers on 6 July. She sailed on 31 July to join Convoy UGS 48, which had departed from the Hampton Roads on 14 July and arrived at Port Said on 8 August. She left the convoy at Augusta on 5 August and joined Convoy VN 57, which arrived at Naples the next day. She sailed with Convoy SM 4 on 22 August, bound for the south of France, but evidently returned to Naples. She departed on 16 September with Convoy SM 9, which arrived at the south of France on 19 September. Van Honthorst sailed from Toulon, Var, France on 8 October with Convoy ARM 11, which arrived at Oran on 11 October. She left the convoy at Algiers that day, sailing two days later to join Convoy KMS 65, which had departed from Gibraltar on 11 October and arrived at Port Said on 21 October. She left the convoy at Augusta on 17 October, sailing two days later to join Convoy VN 72, which had departed from Naples that day and arrived at Livorno, Italy on 21 October. Van Honthorst then sailed to Gibraltar, from where she departed on 10 November to join Convoy OS 94, which formed at sea that day and dispersed at sea on 12 November. Her destination was Takoradi, Gold Coast. She subsequently returned to Gibraltar, from where she departed on 16 December with Convoy MKS 71G, which arrived at Liverpool on 24 December. She was carrying a cargo of manganese and was recorded as being fitted with anti-torpedo nets. Van Honthorst departed from Liverpool on 1 February 1945 with Convoy OS 108KM, which split at sea on 5 February. She was carrying general cargo and is recorded as being bound for Augusta. Van Honthorst was in the part of the convoy that formed Convoy KMS 82G and arrived at Gibraltar on 9 February. Carrying a cargo of iron ore, she departed from Gibraltar on 11 March with Convoy MKS 88G, which arrived at Liverpool on 19 March. She sailed on 7 April with Convoy ON 295, which arrived at New York, United States on 26 April. She sailed on 6 May with Convoy NG 506, which arrived at Guantanamo