Complex sentence: In 2002, the "Wind Song" was damaged by an engine room fire in Tahiti causing great technical damage to the vessel, the ship was classed as a total loss and with permission of the Tahitian Government was scuttled in Tahitian waters.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2002, the "Wind Song" was damaged by an engine room fire in Tahiti causing great technical damage to the vessel. Subsequently classed as a total loss, with permission of the Tahitian Government the ship was later scuttled in Tahitian waters.