Complex sentence: It is said that in an attempt to catch the Nurnberg to avenge the lost of their sistership Monmouth the ship's complement threw everything that could burn into the her boiler's to help close the range.
Split into simpler sentences: It is said that in an attempt to catch the Nurnberg to avenge the lost of their sistership Monmouth. The ship's complement threw everything that could burn into the her boiler's to help close the range.