THREE men who died when their fishing boat capsized were last night named by police.

Skipper Tony Hayton, 45, and crewmen Peter Hilton and Thomas Martin Sanderson, both 52, were killed when clam dredger The Aquila overturned off the west coast of Scotland.

A fourth man survived but he did not want his details to be released.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said none of the four men had been wearing lifejackets.

The three men who died were from Maryport in Cumbria.

An investigation into the incident is under way.

The boat, which was collecting scallops, overturned in the vicinity of Bo Fascadale, around a mile-and-a-half north of Kilmory, Ardnamurchan, on the west coast of Scotland.

Search teams were alerted by a caller who spotted the boat’s upturned hull at around 5.10pm on Monday.

One man was pulled from the water by the crew of a yacht following a mayday call by Coastguards.

He was then put in the Mallaig lifeboat and taken to hospital.

A lifeboat and helicopter team found the three other crewmen but they were pronounced dead when they arrived at hospital.

John Hemse, secretary of the Mallaig and North-West Fishermen’s Association, said the community had been left shocked by the death of Mr Hayton, who owned the Aquila.

He said: “Tony was a very experienced skipper and knew the waters well.

“He worked up the west coast, he was one of the boys. We’re all numb .”