page_title: Indian Navy Multi-Role Support Vessel programme
section_title: Multi-functional ship LHD (Fincantieri, Italy)
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Navy Multi-Role Support Vessel programme / Contenders / Multi-functional ship LHD (Fincantieri, Italy)
caption_attribution_description: English: A model of Fincantieri's 20,000 t Multifunctional Ship at their stall at DefExpo 2014, New Delhi.
context_page_description: India's Ministry of Defence finalised a project for the procurement of four Landing Helicopter Docks in order to upgrade the Indian Navy's disaster response, amphibious warfare and island protection capabilities. The project is worth ₹16,000 crore, and tenders were issued in December 2013 to three domestic shipyards.
context_section_description: The Indian Navy recently received the first Deepak-class fleet tanker constructed by Italy's Fincantieri which is currently working with India to build INS Vikrant.
  Although Fincantieri has a history of naval industrial relations with India, it is yet to fully develop a ship that fits the criteria for Multi-Role Support Vessel. However, according to their website, Fincantieri is fully capable of manufacturing a vessel which they list as a 20,000 tonne "multi-functional ship". This ship is purported to be suitable for the "MRSV" title.
caption: A model of Fincantieri's 20,000 t multi-functional ship.
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