She was operated under the management of W G Walton Ltd, London. Her port of registry was London. She regained her Official Number 99728 and the Code Letters GSJD were allocated. In 1935, management passed to S Catsell Ltd. In July 1935, questions were asked in Parliament by Vice-Admiral Campbell as to the number of British subjects working on board "Noemijulia" and their rates of pay. In reply, the President of the Board of Trade, Leslie Burgin replied that there was only one British subject on board the ship, and he was paid £7 per month. The ship had not visited the United Kingdom since her transfer from the Greek to the British Flag in 1930, and had not been inspected since 1930. On 16 October, "Noemijulia" ran aground in the Danube at Brăila, Romania. She was refloated on 18 October. On 16 November 1935, she ran aground in the Brăiţa River, Romania, some from the mouth of the river. She was refloated on 18 November and sailed to Sulina for inspection. In November 1935, the operation of "Noemijulia" was again raised in Parliament. George Oliver asked whether the Board of Trade was aware that "Noemijulias" radio installation was defective, and what measures were being taken to correct this. Leslie Burgin replied that the Board was aware, and had requested that the ship be detained should she visit certain countries which had adopted the 1929 Safety Convention, but so far she had not docked at any port belonging to one of the signatories. In January 1936, "Noemijulia" arrived at Antwerp, Belgium, where she was detained. She was still detained in March as the defects in her radio and other defects had not been remedied. On 23 August 1937, "Noemijulia" was on a voyage from Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Barcelona, Spain when she was bombed by two Spanish Nationalist aircraft, coded ME 528 and ME 529, some off Cape de Creus (). Both bombs missed, and "Noemijulia" proceeded to Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, escorted by the , which had answered her SOS. This was the second attack on a British ship that month, following the attack on on 6 August. On 2 January 1938, "Noemijulia" rescued the crew of the French schooner "La Bougeotte", which had sunk on 31 December 1937.