ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) was a 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. 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. On 9 July 2010, the
United Nations Security Council issued a
Presidential Statement condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the attack.