Complex sentence: Just then the Huerista gunboat "Guerrero", under Captain Navio Torres, was spotted in front of "Tampico" so Malpica ordered his ship to proceed right for "Guerrero", hoping to ram and sink her.
Split into simpler sentences: Just then the Huerista gunboat "Guerrero", under Captain Navio Torres, was spotted in front of "Tampico". Malpica steamed "Tampico" straight for "Guerrero", hoping to ram and sink her.