Complex sentence: On her return trip to Germany, "Thor" encountered a third armed merchant cruiser off the Cape Verde islands, HMS "Voltaire", a 13,245 ton ship armed with eight 6 "and three 3" guns.
Split into simpler sentences: On her return trip to Germany, "Thor" encountered a third armed merchant cruiser off the Cape Verde islands. This was HMS "Voltaire", a 13,245 ton ship armed with eight 6 "and three 3" guns.