 With the funnel being the last full means of protection to anyone on board, the waves were now able to completely wash over "Valencias" deck, leaving all at the mercy of the waves.Without any remaining lifelines, however, they could do nothing to help the survivors, and within hours a large wave washed the wreckage off the rocks and into the ocean.The remaining passengers drowned, were beaten to death against the rocks, or clung to wreckage as they were swept to sea, dying of hypothermia.