Assertion: personal flotation device | /r/CapableOf | use such devices
Facets:
value: to jump ship
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Personal flotation devices were not part of the equipment issued to naval sailors until the early 19th century, for example at the Napoleonic Battle of Trafalgar, although seamen who were press-ganged into naval service might have used such devices to jump ship and swim to freedom.[citation needed]