Contemporary era · 2010

Sinking of ROKS Cheonan

The Sinking of ROKS Cheonan occurred on 26 March 2010, when Cheonan, a Pohang-class corvette of South Korea, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen. The cause of the sinking is disputed.

Sinking of ROKS Cheonan
Sinking of ROKS Cheonan · 대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
26 Mar 2010
Where
Baengnyeongdo
Era
Contemporary

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