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Two people have been rescued off the west coast of Scotland after abandoning their sinking fishing boat and taking to a life raft.

The pair issued a Mayday call to report their fishing vessel was taking on significant amounts of water.

The Coastguard said they were in the vicinity of Lismore island near Oban at about 03:00 on Thursday.

They abandoned the boat and climbed on to a life raft where they stayed until they were rescued an hour later.

The RNLI Oban all-weather lifeboat went to the scene and rescued the pair before taking them back to Oban in Argyll and Bute, arriving at around 05:00.

The lifeboat reached the scene before a Coastguard helicopter which was also scrambled to the incident.

A Coastguard spokesman said: "We had calm weather which was a blessing.

"Thankfully it was quite close to Lismore island and the sea was reasonably benign for them."

The crew were said to be fine though a bit shaken after the experience.

The boat, a commercial fishing vessel, is now partially submerged.