Complex sentence: First used as a Port Oiler at Dover, and then stationed at Portland until August 1947, the ship was sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd (H.L.R. Bell, Managers) Southampton on 21 April 1948 and renamed "Hemsley I".
Split into simpler sentences: First used as a Port Oiler at Dover, and then stationed at Portland until August 1947. The ship was sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd (H.L.R. Bell, Managers) Southampton on 21 April 1948 and renamed "Hemsley I".