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
Saint Mungo was built in 1817. In Cumbernauld, there is St. Mungo’s Parish Church in the centre of the New Town. In the Lake District village of Caldbeck there is a church and a well named after him. The Cumbrian parish churches at Crossthwaite in Keswick, Mungrisdale, Castle Sowerby, and Irthington are also dedicated to St Kentigern. There are two Cumbrian churches dedicated to St Mungo, one at Bromfield (also a well and castle) and one at Dearham. There is a St Kentigern's school and church in Blackpool. In Fallowfield, a suburb of the city of Manchester, a Roman Catholic church is