St. Mungo (fireboat) surplus, and retired. She was sold in 1978 to serve as an ""offshore tender"". She was propelled by twin diesel engines, at up to 9 knots. Each diesel was rated at The "St Mungo"s two turbine water pumps could each provide 3,000 gallons per minute. The turbine pumps provided water to up to six water cannons. Each turbine pump was powered by a diesel rated at . 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
Saint Mungo led to a connection being made between this battle, the rise of Riderch Hael and the return of Mungo to Strathclyde. The "Life of Saint Mungo" bears similarities with Chrétien de Troyes's French romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion". In Chrétien's story, Yvain, a version of Owain mab Urien, courts and marries Laudine, only to leave her for a period to go adventuring. This suggests that the works share a common source. On the spot where Mungo was buried now stands the cathedral dedicated in his honour. His shrine was a great centre of Christian pilgrimage until the Scottish