Complex sentence: HNLMS "Karel Doorman" (R81) was a "Colossus"-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy, formerly the British HMS "Venerable" she was sold in 1948 to the Netherlands as a light attack carrier.
Split into simpler sentences: HNLMS "Karel Doorman" (R81) was a "Colossus"-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was the British HMS "Venerable" before she was sold in 1948 to the Netherlands as a light attack carrier.