Complex sentence: HMS "Himalaya" was ordered by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company as SS "Himalaya", a 3,438 gross register ton iron steam screw passenger ship.
Split into simpler sentences: HMS "Himalaya" was ordered by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company as SS "Himalaya". The SS "Himalaya" was a 3,438 gross register ton iron steam screw passenger ship.