Complex sentence: On 14 January 1896 she commissioned there as flagship of the Particular Service Squadron, soon renamed the Flying Squadron; she was flagship of the squadron, which was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet briefly in the middle of 1896, throughout its existence.
Split into simpler sentences: On 14 January 1896 she commissioned there as flagship of the Particular Service Squadron, soon renamed the Flying Squadron. She was flagship of the squadron, which was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet briefly in the middle of 1896, throughout its existence.