Complex sentence: The general characteristics and specifications were outlined by 15 April 1940 with the maximum displacement increase even further to 14,770 tons, and by 15 May 1940, a list of names for the new heavy cruisers was drawn up based on retired pre-dreadnought battleships.
Split into simpler sentences: The general characteristics and specifications were outlined by 15 April 1940 with the maximum displacement increase even further to 14,770 tons, and by 15 May 1940. A list of names for the new heavy cruisers were drawn up based on retired pre-dreadnought battleships.