Complex sentence: HMS Pactolus was laid down at Armstrong, Elswick on May 1896, launched 21 December 1896, but not completed until 1899; and was sold for scrap on 25 October 1921.
Split into simpler sentences: HMS Pactolus was laid down at Armstrong, Elswick on May 1896, launched 21 December 1896, but not completed until 1899. She was sold for scrap on 25 October 1921.