A 21-year-old man has died after falling 25ft down the hatch of a cargo vessel berthed at a Rosneath shipyard.

The Helensburgh Advertiser reports that the incident sparked a major response from emergency service vehicles to the Peninsula, after the man fell at around 3.45pm on Sunday, February 14.

The incident occurred at Donnie Bruces ship yard on Sunday afternoon, with the man being airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said the man later died in the early hours of Monday morning.

Police were called to the scene after receiving a call the man had fallen on the ship.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said their role was "very limited", but two appliances attended from Cove and Garelochhead fire stations.

She said there had been reports of a 21-year-old casualty who had fallen what was thought to be 20ft, but later thought to be around 25 ft, down the hatch of a 7000 tonne cargo vessel, which left him unconscious.

She also said the Scottish Ambulance Service requested assistance from the air ambulance, but the fire brigade had looked to see if a rope rescue would have been appropriate.

The fire fighters were called out at 3.49pm, and left the scene at 6.41pm on Sunday, February 14.