Complex sentence: Soon shells began landing disturbingly close to the zigzagging "Trever" and "Zane"; the latter for example, observed one shell land just forward of her bow and one apiece on each side of the forecastle, off the bows.
Split into simpler sentences: Soon shells began landing disturbingly close to the zig-zagging "Trever" and "Zane". The latter for example, observed one shell land just forward of her bow and one apiece on each side of the forecastle, off the bows.