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short-range defence of ships
Goalkeeper CIWS is a close-in weapon system originating in Netherlands. It was built by Thales Naval Netherlands. Reported operators include Belgian Navy, Chilean Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, Peruvian Navy, Portuguese Navy, Qatar Armed Forces, Republic of Korea Navy.
NetherlandsClose-in weapon system
Netherlands
1980–present
See operators
Signaal (now Thales Nederland )
1975
Thales Naval Netherlands
1979
6,372 kg (14,048 lb) with 1,190 rds of ammunition (above deck); 9,902 kg (21,830 lb) (total).
3.71 m (above deck) 6.2 m (including deck penetration).
Automated, with human oversight
30×173mm TP, HEI, MPDS, or FMPDS
30 mm (1.2 in)
7-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 14 grooves)
+85 to −25 degrees at 80 degree/s
Unlimited
70 rounds/second (4,200 rounds/minute)
1,109 m/s (MPDS round)
350 to between 1,500 and 2,000 metres dependent on ammunition
1 x 30 mm (1.2 in) GAU-8/A Avenger seven-barrel rotary cannon
GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm seven-barrel rotary cannon .
6,372 kg with 1,190 rds of ammunition (above deck), 9,902 kg (total).
360° in 3.8 seconds
1,000 rounds.
1,190 linkless (HEI, API, TP, MPDS, FMPDS) rounds in a below-deck magazine.
9 minutes (loading is done below deck)
350 to between 1,500 and 2,000 meters dependent on ammunition.
I band /linear array. I band is X band. Beamsize 1.5 degrees horizontal, 60 degrees vertical. Rotates at 1 Hz (60 RPM). Range approx. 30 km.
I band and K band monopulse cassegrain .
TV (Future EO/IR)
500 m
Belgium: Belgian Navy 2 Karel Doorman -class frigates
Chile: Chilean Navy 2 Jacob van Heemskerck-class air defence frigates 2 Karel Doorman -class frigates
Netherlands: Royal Netherlands Navy 4 De Zeven Provinciën-class air-defence and command frigates, 1 or 2 Goalkeepers per ship (Only one vessel of this class is fitted with 2 Goalkeepers, others are provisioned) 2 Karel Doorman -class frigates , 1 Goalkeeper per ship 2 Rotterdam-class landing platform docks , 2 Goalkeepers per ship 1 Karel Doorman-class support ship , 2 Goalkeepers (in service 2015)
Peru: Peruvian Navy 1 BAP Tacna Replenishment Oiler , as of 2015
Portugal: Portuguese Navy 2 Karel Doorman -class frigates
Qatar: Qatar Armed Forces 4 Vosper Thornycroft Vita-class
South Korea: Republic of Korea Navy 3 Gwanggaeto the Great -class destroyers 6 Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin -class destroyers 3 Sejong the Great -class destroyers 2 Dokdo -class amphibious assault ship
United Kingdom: Royal Navy Formerly fitted to two Invincible -class aircraft carriers ( HMS Invincible & HMS Illustrious ), two Albion -class landing platform dock (replaced by "Phalanx" on HMS Albion , removed from HMS Bulwark while in extended readiness for eventual replacement with "Phalanx") and four Type 22 Batch 3 frigates
Germany: German Navy Formerly fitted to frigate Karlsruhe during her service in the Adriatic Sea in the mid-1990s, later replaced by a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile system
weapon system for short-range defence of ships
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 3.71 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Goalkeeper CIWS equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
PortugalReported count for Goalkeeper CIWS. Service scope: Portuguese Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 2. Origin: Netherlands. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Belgian Navy, Chilean Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, Peruvian Navy, Portuguese Navy, Qatar Armed Forces, Republic of Korea Navy
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