Complex sentence: On board were 461 passengers and 30-35 tons of gold and the ship passed within 50 miles of the action in which HMS "Glorious" and two destroyers were attacked and sunk by the German battlecruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau".
Split into simpler sentences: On board were 461 passengers and 30-35 tons of gold. The ship passed within 50 miles of the action in which HMS "Glorious" and two destroyers were attacked and sunk by the German battlecruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau".