Thanks a million for the link, I didn't  know that there were any of these transports still in existance, never mind still going to sea. What a brilliant piece of living history to have preserved. The predessor of this class, the Liberty ships were turned out in huge numbers. I seem to remember that one was built in a record time of one week!
This is what I'm more or less aiming at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isles_class_trawler 

Brian

Fortitudine Vincimus - "by endurance we conquer."