Complex sentence: After damage control efforts seemed to have stabilised the subsequent flooding, the commander of Force H, Sir James Somerville sped into Gibraltar aboard the battleship HMS "Malaya" to organise salvage operations.
Split into simpler sentences: After damage control efforts seemed to have stabilised the subsequent flooding. The commander of Force H, Sir James Somerville sped into Gibraltar aboard the battleship HMS "Malaya" to organise salvage operations.