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I know the Grey Knights have several Strike Cruisers, but do they have an escorts or Battle Barges?

I bet they do, although at the moment I cannot recall any instances.

Yes, they do, You can download Battle fleet gothic, and find out exactly what they have for fleets from GW.

They have whatever the heck they want, what with the inquisitorial mandate permanetly glued to every justicar's crotch plate. However most self respecting GK's would ever use these as transports if a strike cruser was avalible, mostly just as guards for the strike crusers and orbital baonbonbardlement support. (yes, that means that a full size battleship could be religated to escort duty)
I expect that the maleus' Inquisitors keep their own mini-fleets, givin how militant they are.

I just can't see the GK's ever needing to use a Battle Barge, because what crisis short of a primarch on the loose would require a force of 300 GKs showing up? A full-scale invasion of the eye of terror might require a few, but considering how spread out the GKs are, I doubt that more than 200 GKs are ever in one place, with the exeption of titan, of course. I see the chapter organized in cells of 100 with support, then further subdivided down to a squad level, and it is said that GK's are trained to follow thier Justicar as if he was their Warmaster, because they were distributed by squad.

Doesn't make much sence, but it is possible and shure would make a sexy BFG fleet!

Their Strike Cruisers are also somewhat 'FASTER' than the norm - this is also mentioned in the BFG stuff. It allows them to get where they are needed sooner.

Strike Cruisers generally carry the equivalent of a 'company' of marines (more than enough for a regular battle).

as a fan of th eentire greyknight books, and correct me if im wrong arent all their ships the special =I= version black ship with thunderhawk bays and drop pod facilitys

The Grey Knight Strike Cruisers are really all they need. They are modified to be faster and more resilient than other Strike Cruisers (they carry wards, way thicker armor etc) and also come with greater deployment capabilities (launchbays etc). And whilst they can't take on a larger ship in a one on one combat, they are certanly tough enough to get the grey knights on the ground (mission complete) and usually get out of there asw.

Right, forgot: All of the Grey Knight SC are made on Mars, with all the goodie techbonuses that the forgeworld of Mars can put in them (wich is I would think, quite alot!)

(Refrenses, BFG books and Grey Knight omnibus)

Which BFG book actually contains the Grey Knight Strike Cruiser stats? I have several, and in one it mentions the Knights special Strike Cruisers (with the lesser Marine Strike Cruisers) but lists no different stats.

No book contains stats for the gk strike cruiser. But the "Ships of the Imperium" contain fluff about it.

Grey Knight Ships are 'faster than normal' and have 'extra thunderhawk transport capacity' and also 'teleportation rooms'. These upgrades are mentions in the Grey Knight Omnibus

The only GK ship I've heard of was the Rubicon and it was a strike cruiser IIRC, but the Rubicon put up a hell of a fight so I guess that the GK ships are better than their Imperial equivalent.