Complex sentence: All of the surviving crew-members received a small stipend from the court of the Hague after it was decided that they earned it because the boat was in bad condition when leaving Hamburg harbour, one week before the accident.
Split into simpler sentences: All of the surviving crew-members received a small stipend; the court of the Hague decided that they earned it. It was said to be because the boat was in bad condition when leaving Hamburg harbour, one week before the accident.