Complex sentence: The Brigantine Yankee was a steel-hulled sailing ship that began its life in 1897 as a North Sea pilot schooner, the Dutch "Loodschooner 4", then purchased in 1926 by Captain Claude Monson of Ipswich, England and renamed her the "Texel".
Split into simpler sentences: The Brigantine Yankee was a steel-hulled sailing ship that began its life in 1897 as a North Sea pilot schooner, the Dutch "Loodschooner 4". It was then purchased in 1926 by Captain Claude Monson of Ipswich, England, who renamed her the "Texel".