St. Mungo (fireboat) St. Mungo (fireboat) The St. Mungo was a fireboat operated by Glasgow Fire Services, in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1959 to 1975. When launched, she was described as the most modern fireboat in the United Kingdom. The "St Mungo" replaced an earlier steam powered fireboat. Glasgow was once one of the busiest ports in the United Kingdom, and the "St Mungo" and earlier vessels provided an important service. However, by 1975 when the Strathclyde Fire Brigade was formed through the amalgamation of Glasgow Fire Services with neighbouring fire services, Glasgow's use of the River Clyde had changed, and the vessels declared
St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) John Paul II. Originally, the cathedral was built as a parish church and was dedicated to St. John Evangelist. In 1366 it became a collegiate church, and in 1559 it became the cathedral of the new diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch. After 1629, when the city was conquered by the Protestants and Catholicism was banned, a Protestant minority used the church, which came to be in a heavily dilapidated state. When Napoleon visited the town in 1810, he restored the building to the Catholics. A Romanesque church used to stand on the spot where the St. John now resides. Its construction is