Complex sentence: She was originally an American privateer brig named "Thorn", Asa Hooper master, that the British naval vessels "Tenedos", "Shannon", "Nymphe" and "Curlew" captured on 31 October 1812.
Split into simpler sentences: She was originally an American privateer brig named "Thorn", Asa Hooper master. The British naval vessels "Tenedos", "Shannon", "Nymphe" and "Curlew" captured "Thorn" on 31 October 1812.