# Do you have a convention for naming your ships? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184 "2018-05-09T07:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/41 "2018-05-10T17:21:04Z")
Wh exploration or gas harvesting or scout ships: Asteroid (Bistot) Asteroid (Veldspar) šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_s\_Salesman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mike_s_salesman/32/56320_2.png) [@Mike\_s\_Salesman](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mike_s_Salesman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/42 "2018-05-10T18:04:56Z")
I used to name all my ships after famous RL pirate ships. Like my Bhaalgorns always carry the name Queen AnneĀ“s Revenge. Armageddons were ā€œRoyal Fortuneā€. Absolutions were ā€œGolden Hindā€ and so on :). ---
**Author:** ![DeMichael\_Crimson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/demichael_crimson/32/514115_2.png) [@DeMichael\_Crimson](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DeMichael_Crimson)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/43 "2018-05-10T18:28:05Z")
For the longest time I never re-named my ships. Just went with what Eve gave it, like ā€˜DeMichael Crimsonā€™s Probeā€™ or whatever ship I had assembled. Then someone mentioned I should name my ships differently cuz peeps could easily see who you are when theyā€™re Combat scanning. So then I just started naming my ships like ā€˜DMCā€™s Probeā€™. Obviously that doesnā€™t do a good job of hiding my identity so I then started picking names that portrayed the ships function or similar to itā€™s original name so I could easily recognize it, like for the Venture I named it ā€˜Rockerā€™ or for the Hurricane I named it ā€˜Sugarcaneā€™. ---
**Author:** ![Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/corraidhin_farsaidh/32/10994_2.png) [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Corraidhin_Farsaidh)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/44 "2018-05-10T18:32:38Z")
> [@Mike\_s\_Salesman](#): > > I used to name all my ships after famous RL pirate ships. > > Like my Bhaalgorns always carry the name Queen AnneĀ“s Revenge. > > Armageddons were ā€œRoyal Fortuneā€. > > Absolutions were ā€œGolden Hindā€ I do the same, except my Gila was the Revenge. But please, Sir Francis Drake was a Privateer, not a pirateā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Iwo\_Sh\_ivah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/iwo_sh_ivah/32/32800_2.png) [@Iwo\_Sh\_ivah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Iwo_Sh_ivah)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/45 "2018-05-10T18:38:22Z")
Game of associations. I look at the ship and first thing that comes to my mind becomes the name. ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/46 "2018-05-10T18:46:55Z")
I need to add two more Machs to the lineup and name them ā€œYou Really Shouldnā€™t Have Undockedā€ and ā€œHope Youā€™ve Got A Web Altā€ā€¦ Oh, and a third one ā€œYou Might As Well Log Outā€ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Jackie\_Fisher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jackie_fisher/32/302585_2.png) [@Jackie\_Fisher](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jackie_Fisher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/47 "2018-05-10T19:20:28Z")
I name all my mine aftrer British WW1 era warships. ---
**Author:** ![Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/corraidhin_farsaidh/32/10994_2.png) [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Corraidhin_Farsaidh)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/48 "2018-05-10T19:55:40Z")
Warspite should be in there then šŸ™‚ Survivor of Jutland. My taxiceptors are called Turbinia too, it seemed fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Rez\_Todako](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rez_todako/32/69544_2.png) [@Rez\_Todako](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rez_Todako)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/49 "2018-05-10T21:49:19Z")
> [@Magnus\_Witchspace](#): > > I name all of my ships after Tangerine Dream albums from the early years: Phaedra, Hyperborea, Ricochet, Stratosfear, Force Majeure, White Eagle, etc. Anything up to and including Underwater Sunlight is acceptable. After thatā€¦ well, I try not to think about it šŸ˜¬ ---
**Author:** ![Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sabriz_adoudel/32/14017_2.png) [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sabriz_Adoudel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/50 "2018-05-13T06:53:01Z")
> [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](#): > > Wh exploration or gas harvesting or scout ships: > > Asteroid (Bistot) > > Asteroid (Veldspar) This is genius. I might start naming gank ships accordingly ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/51 "2018-05-13T06:55:58Z")
Though keep in mind this will not fool anyone (unless the guy is a complete amateur) as your ship type can also be seen on d-scan in a separate column but it is still funny nevertheless and good luck for your opponent to find out who you are based on such a ship name so still useful as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sabriz_adoudel/32/14017_2.png) [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sabriz_Adoudel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/52 "2018-05-13T06:57:05Z")
Only extremely reckless pilots get ganked anyway, and it can help fool those people. Diligent players are invulnerable in highsec. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/53 "2018-05-13T07:01:36Z")
True, d-scan is of no concern to you then. The scenario I described only really applies to wh space (or outside hisec in general, unless you operate under wardec or fw). Though for ganking ships I might use more flavored names such as ā€œRoaming Kaijuā€ though that is more fitting for a bumping mach or a gate / station camping ship (tornado or such comes to mind) or in general freighter hunting ship (destroyer or preferably larger as the name implies a larger ship). However for miner ganking and/or bumping ships the asteroid names seem fitting still so thereā€™s that. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_K\_Rnlav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lunar_k_rnlav/32/370141_2.png) [@Lunar\_K\_Rnlav](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lunar_K_Rnlav)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/54 "2018-05-13T08:53:17Z")
Navitas - space fish Rokh - flying rock Astero- hole n stick ---
**Author:** ![Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sabriz_adoudel/32/14017_2.png) [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sabriz_Adoudel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/55 "2018-05-13T09:35:23Z")
> [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](#): > > True, d-scan is of no concern to you then. The scenario I described only really applies to wh space (or outside hisec in general, unless you operate under wardec or fw). > > Though for ganking ships I might use more flavored names such as ā€œRoaming Kaijuā€ though that is more fitting for a bumping mach or a gate / station camping ship (tornado or such comes to mind) or in general freighter hunting ship (destroyer or preferably larger as the name implies a larger ship). > > However for miner ganking and/or bumping ships the asteroid names seem fitting still so thereā€™s that. Yeah. Iā€™ve used a Procurer named ā€œUngankableā€ as a scout and warp-in target in the past. (Itā€™s also a passive scanner). Even the more diligent highsec miners tend to see a Procurer as no threat, especially with a name that seems to be anti-CODE bait. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/56 "2018-05-13T09:38:10Z")
> [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](#): > > Procurer named ā€œUngankableā€ Have you ever got ganked by someone else by ā€œaccidentā€? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sabriz_adoudel/32/14017_2.png) [@Sabriz\_Adoudel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sabriz_Adoudel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/57 "2018-05-13T09:39:18Z")
No, diligent players are basically immune to highsec aggression, and I know all the tricks to keep safe from doing my own ganking. ---
**Author:** ![Cygnus\_Parud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cygnus_parud/32/75409_2.png) [@Cygnus\_Parud](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cygnus_Parud)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/58 "2018-05-13T11:01:49Z")
I have a habit of naming BC ā€œThunder Childā€, if you see a ā€œScorched Heavensā€ itā€™s probably me. ---
**Author:** ![Wavemistress\_Moidel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wavemistress_moidel/32/211447_2.png) [@Wavemistress\_Moidel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wavemistress_Moidel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/59 "2018-05-13T12:24:09Z")
NO point really naming a ship, at some point its going to explode. If i were to name one it would be called ship. ---
**Author:** ![Noragen\_Neirfallas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/noragen_neirfallas/32/375148_2.png) [@Noragen\_Neirfallas](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Noragen_Neirfallas)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184/60 "2018-05-13T12:33:54Z")
(4 letters in the characters name) (3 numbers that mean something only to me) (ship call sign like ā€˜The Cancerā€™ or ā€˜Spiderpigā€™) [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/do-you-have-a-convention-for-naming-your-ships/75184.md?page=4)