Complex sentence: The college was originally founded by Thomas Lane Devitt in 1917 as "The Nautical College, Pangbourne" with the purpose of preparing boys to be Officers in the Merchant Navy through the shipping company,'Devitt and Moore'.
Split into simpler sentences: The college was originally founded by Thomas Lane Devitt in 1917 as "The Nautical College, Pangbourne". Its purpose was to prepare boys to become Officers in the Merchant Navy through the shipping company,'Devitt and Moore'.