Complex sentence: This posed a severe hazard to navigation, and small boats moving around the Flow regularly became snagged or beached on them, although the British Admiralty initially declared that there would be no attempt at salvage and the sunken hulks would remain where they were.
Split into simpler sentences: This posed a severe hazard to navigation, and small boats moving around the Flow regularly became snagged or beached on them. The British Admiralty initially declared that there would be no attempt at salvage and the sunken hulks would remain where they were.