Original sentence: Her defensive maneuvers were insufficient to save her.Like her predecessor, which was sunk during the First World War, this Laconia would also destroyed by a German U-boat.She traveled to Cape Town and then set a course for Freetown, following a zigzag course and undertaking evasive steering during the night
Edited sentence: Like her predecessor of the same name, which was sunk during the First World War, this Laconia was also destroyed by a German U-boat.On the way to Freetown it followed a zigzag course and undertook evasive steering during the night, but this was not enough.She traveled to Cape Town and then set a course for Freetown