page_title: ROKS Cheonan
hierarchical_section_title: ROKS Cheonan
caption_attribution_description: 2010 국방화보 Rep. of Korea, Defense Photo Magazine 3월 23일 서해 상에서 군수지원함인 천지함으로부터 유류 수급을 받은 뒤 위풍당당하게 물살을 가르며 항해 중인 천안함의 모습. 천안함은 3월 26일 밤 백령도 인근 해상에서 침몰했다. ROKS Cheonan is maneuvering at sea after getting fuel by ROKS Cheonji(ROK Navy AOE) on March 23. ROKS Cheonan was attacked at March 26.
context_page_description: ROKS Cheonan was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy, commissioned in 1989. On 26 March 2010, she broke in two and sank near the sea border with North Korea, killing 46 sailors. An investigation conducted by an international team of experts from South Korea, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Sweden concluded that Cheonan was sunk by a torpedo launched by a North Korean Yeono-class miniature submarine.
context_section_description: ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), commissioned in 1989. On 26 March 2010, she broke in two and sank near the sea border with North Korea, killing 46 sailors. An investigation conducted by an international team of experts from South Korea, United States, United Kingdom, Canada,  Australia, and Sweden concluded that Cheonan was sunk by a torpedo launched by a North Korean Yeono-class miniature submarine.
caption: Cheonan underway at sea in March 2010, three days before being sunk by a torpedo from a North Korean submarine.
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