Complex sentence: Operation "Merit" started when an armed trawler sailed for Alderney, carrying Brigadier Snow, officers and the press, ccompanied by two LCI with support troops the coaster "Beale", with supplies.
Split into simpler sentences: Operation "Merit" started when an armed trawler sailed for Alderney, carrying Brigadier Snow, officers and the Press. Accompanied by two LCI with support troops the coaster "Beale", with supplies.