UPDATE: Crew of stricken fishing vessel rescued by Lochinver lifeboat

The crew of the fishing vessel which ran aground in Loch Broom, Wester Ross, late yesterday, are now safely back on dry land.

A spokesman for the Maritime Coastguard Agency said: "A fishing vessel went aground near the entrance to Loch Broom on November 16.

“The incident was raised with HM Coastguard at about 11.55pm, with no injuries or significant damage reported.

“The RNLI's all-weather lifeboat from Lochinver picked up the crew and brought them safely to land.

“A Coastguard Rescue Team was sent from Ullapool to support, and Police Scotland was also alerted.”

A post on the RNLI Lochinver lifeboat page states: "The Lochinver lifeboat crew were paged at 6.10am today and (the lifeboat) launched shortly afterwards, arriving on the scene at 7.15am.

"The lifeboat stood by until high tide in the hopes the vessel would float free but unfortunately it didn’t, so the decision was made at 9.30am to take the crew off the vessel and land them at Ullapool Harbour.

"The lifeboat crew then headed home, arriving back in Lochinver at 11:30."

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