Complex sentence: For the next few minutes the tables turned in favour of the British, when the battlecruiser "Renown" closed the distance on the Italian cruisers but this advantage was soon negated when "Vittorio Veneto" arrived at 13:00.
Split into simpler sentences: For the next few minutes the tables turned in favor of the British, when the battlecruiser "Renown" closed the distance on the Italian cruisers. This advantage was soon negated when "Vittorio Veneto" arrived at 13:00.