In Vancouver she sailed as cargo sailing ship under the flag of Great Britain and Denmark. In 1934 she was bought by the Maritime and Colonial League (Liga Morska i Kolonialna) with the approval of the then chairman of the organization - General Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer whom slogan "Let's put on a forest of masts in Gdynia" uttered in 1934 is attributed to. The purchase was done in order to activate Polish overseas trade and for training purposes.

The sailing ship under the name created from the abbreviation of "LMiK" (Liga Morska i Kolonialna) made only one unsuccessful voyage to Alexandria and Jaffa but the whole venture became an example of incompetence, financial failure and loss of trust towards the organization.
Since the summer of 1936 "Elemka" had been berthed at Pomeranian Quay in Gdynia where stationary marine training was organized for youth from LMiK circles and scout water troops. From the LMiK point of view the ship brought only financial loss - she was sold for ¼ of purchase and repair costs, not taking into account exploitation costs.

In 1938 she was bought by an American S. M. Riss, who changed her name into "Andromeda" and intended to make a scientific voyage around the world on her. The voyage did not take place and "Andromeda" sailed to Kaliningrad, where in February 1939 she was sold by auction to the Shipping Department of Transportation Ministry of the German Reich and towed to Hamburg. There she was assigned as a training ship for young sailors and after rebuilding and adaptation - as "Kapitan Hilgendorf" she served such a role in the German Merchant Navy. The ship survived the war in the German port of Glueckstadt and after the war until 1947 she had been a residential hulk in Hamburg. Then as "Cornelia" she delivered coal to the North Sea ports until the failure in 1950, when she sank and was finally taken to pieces for firewood in Lübeck.