Complex sentence: On 6 August 1758 she encountered "Le Palmier", a French 74-gun ship of the line, off the Hispaniola coast; the outgunned British vessel was surrendered without resistance, and her crew taken prisoner.
Split into simpler sentences: On 6 August 1758 she encountered "Le Palmier", a French 74-gun ship of the line, off the Hispaniola coast. The outgunned British vessel was surrendered without resistance, and her crew taken prisoner.