Complex sentence: They underwent their trial steaming at the builders on 31 August 1876 and were landed at the Point in Durban in early 1877, the Pietermaritzburg on 1 February 1877 off the ship Basotho and the Durban on 22 March.
Split into simpler sentences: They underwent their trial steaming at the builders on 31 August 1876. They were landed at the Point in Durban in early 1877, the Pietermaritzburg on 1 February 1877 off the ship Basotho and the Durban on 22 March.