Complex sentence: She was refitted in 1874 and given a poop deck, and rejoined the Channel Fleet in 1875 as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Dalrymple-Hay, second in command of the fleet.
Split into simpler sentences: She was refitted in 1874 and given a poop deck. The ship rejoined the Channel Fleet in 1875 as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Dalrymple-Hay, second in command of the fleet.