naming ships [role of ship followed by number] possible?

[Lonck]

I hate names like pride of, defender of. Is there way to name ships according to their role followed by the number?

[Deathball]

no

[Lonck]

then how about name i put in the name of the ship followed by number like escorts? If I name an escort "aaa" every escort is named aaa#. Its really annoying to get messages of ships getting attacked only to find its a stupid freighter. Im in a middle of a war I don't have time to worry about freighters or mining ships.

[tjhkkr]

In my shipnames.txt file, I do exactly as you say.
For my escorts I use PT -- patrol torpedo boat for those who might misconstrue the meaning, and FF for my frigates.
My destroyers, cruisers, carriers, and dreadnoughts all have names.

You can do this too, SOOO copy the shipnames.txt and put it into the mods directory with your mod (and that can be the only mod to the game if you so choose), and the game will pick it up if you select that mod.

HOWEVER, many times when I have played the game, for warships, it does exactly as you say... it gives the design name and a number...

I name my freighters as well, but you could do the same in the shipnames.txt file... name SFR#, MFR#, LFR#...