 Three lifeboats were launched to come to her rescue, "Charles Biggs" from Lytham, "Eliza Fernley" from Southport, and "Laura Janet" from St Annes.The crew from the "Mexico" were rescued by the Lytham lifeboat, but the other two lifeboats capsized.All thirteen of the crew of the St Annes lifeboat were lost, and only two of the sixteen members of the Southport lifeboat crew survived.