Complex sentence: HMS "Proserpine" was laid down at Sheerness Dockyard on March 1896, launched on 5 December 1896, and sold for scrap on 30 November 1919.
Split into simpler sentences: HMS "Proserpine" was laid down at Sheerness Dockyard on March 1896 and launched on 5 December 1896. She was sold for scrap on 30 November 1919.