Complex sentence: The ship was towed to shallow waters, where her forward compartments were flooded (so she appeared to be sinking by the bow); her forward funnel sent crashing into the deckhouse and her beautiful Art Deco interiors were destroyed by explosives and/or flooded.
Split into simpler sentences: The ship was towed to shallow waters, where her forward compartments were flooded (so she appeared to be sinking by the bow). Her forward funnel was sent crashing into the deckhouse and her Art Deco interiors were destroyed by explosives and/or flooded.