Complex sentence: Shortly after 19:00, the German cruiser had become disabled by a shell from the battlecruiser; the German battlecruisers made a 16-point turn to the northeast and made for the crippled cruiser at high speed.
Split into simpler sentences: Shortly after 19:00, the German cruiser was disabled by a shell from the battlecruiser. The German battlecruisers turned to the northeast and made for the crippled cruiser at high speed.