Five people have been rescued after their fishing vessel ran aground and capsized in the Sound of Mull.
The fishermen aboard the St Apollo escaped into their life raft during the incident early on Monday.
A rescue helicopter was sent from Prestwick but the group were reached first by the Oban lifeboat at about 03:30.
They were taken ashore at Oban. It's thought no one was been injured.
The rescue was the culmination of a busy 24 hours for the Oban crew which had to deal with four callouts.
On Sunday afternoon the lifeboat was sent to help a yacht in difficulties off Craignish Point but was stood down when another vessel took the yacht under tow.
The crew received a second callout later that afternoon but was stood down before launching. Later that evening, the crew set off to help a jet skier but returned to port after the vessel was assisted ashore.
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