A large fleet of warships gathered in French town Toulon this week. The ships are part of NATO Maritime Command’s both Standing NATO Maritime Groups (SNMG) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2). In addition to the four NATO task forces, France and Spain have sent additional ships for the exercise.
France will take command of the maritime component of the Nato Response Force (NRF) from 1 January 2018, for a period of one year. This exercise will create a suitable training for the French
Rapid Response Force Headquarter as well as the participating units.
According to French Armed Forces Brilliant Mariner 2017, will take place from 29 September to 13 October 2017 in the Mediterranean Sea with the participation of 3500 sailors and thirty of units and numerous aircraft from 3 nations
Below is the list of the ships taking part in the exercise. For the names of the ships of the photo above please refer to the last column.
| Number | Name | Type | Nation | Fleet | Number In the Photo |
| H-88 | HMS Enterprise | Support ship | UK | SNMCMG2 | 17 |
| M-261 | TCG Edremit | Mine hunter | Turkey | SNMCMG2 | 18 |
| M-5558 | ITS Crotone | Mine hunter | Italy | SNMCMG2 | 8 |
| 339 | HMCS Charlottetown | Frigate | Canada | SNMG1 | 1 |
| A-1443 | FGS Rhoen | Support ship | Germany | SNMG1 | |
| F-312 | HNoMS Otto Sverdrup | Frigate | Norway | SNMG1 | 7 |
| F-334 | NRP Francisco De Almedia | Frigate | Portugal | SNMG1 | 10 |
| F-363 | HDMS Niels Juel | Frigate | Denmark | SNMG1 | 2 |
| F-805 | HNLMS Eversten | Frigate | Netherlands | SNMG1 | 3 |
| F-83 | ESPS Numancia | Frigate | Spain | SNMG1 | 14 |
| L-17 | HDMS Esbern Snare | Support ship | Denmark | SNMG1 | |
| D-34 | HMS Diamond | Destroyer | UK | SNMG2 | 4 |
| F-103 | ESPS Blas de Lezo | Frigate | Spain | SNMG2 | 5 |
| F-244 | TCG Barbaros | Frigate | Turkey | SNMG2 | 9 |
| F-451 | HS Limnos | Frigate | Greece | SNMG2 | 12 |
| F-710 | FS La Fayette | Frigate | France | SNMG2 | 15 |
| A-608 | FS Var | Support ship | France | ||
| D-621 | Chevalier De Paul | Destroyer | France | 6 | |
| D-643 | FS Jean De Vienne | Destroyer | France | ||
| D-653 | FS Languedoc | Destroyer | France | ||
| F-714 | FS Guépratte | Frigate | France | 16 | |
| L-61 | ESPS Juan Carlos 1 | LHD | Spain | 11 | |
| L-9013 | FS Mistral | LHD | France | 13 | |
| M-645 | FS Orion | Mine hunter | France | ||
| M-648 | FS Lyre | Mine hunter | France |
Any additions and corrections are most welcome.
UPDATE: I have removed SNMCMG-1 as it is taking part in another NATO exercise.
devrimyaylali.com 
Hi Devrim,
Your first 6 SNMCNG1 ships are here in Glasgow for Exercise Joint Warrior
Tony
Thank you for the information. I have updated accordingly.