Complex sentence: On 1 October 1939 "Belfast" left Scapa Flow for a patrol in the North Sea, and on 9 October intercepted a German liner, the 13,615-ton "Cap Norte", north-west of the Faroe Islands.
Split into simpler sentences: On 1 October 1939 "Belfast" left Scapa Flow for a patrol in the North Sea. On 9 October intercepted a German liner, the 13,615-ton "Cap Norte", north-west of the Faroe Islands.