For BBC Northern Ireland has just launched a new 'Learning' website - with internet explorers able to take a journey to the bottom of the sea and learn more about the Belfast-born ocean liner, which sank in April 1912.

The jewel in the treasure trove of information on the Titanic Journey site - www.bbc.co.uk/titanic - is extensive film footage of reporter Mike McKimm's trip to the ship's watery grave nearly 13,000ft below sea level.

Back in 2005, Mike journeyed to the shipwreck in a Mir submersible. During that trip, there was a poignant presentation ceremony as a Harland & Wolff memorial plaque was placed on the ship's deck.

That astonishing BBC Newsline footage is accompanied by fact-finding sections on Titanic, which hit an iceberg with the loss of nearly 1,500 lives.

BBC Newsline editor Angelina Fusco said the launch of the site had been made, in response to "lots of feedback from viewers who are interested in the Titanic".

And BBC Northern Ireland learning editor Jane Cassidy told Sunday Life: " There are huge amounts of information on the Titanic, but we wanted to produce one website that gave people a comprehensive insight into her journey.

"The Titanic Journey site lets people follow this journey, from her construction in the Harland & Wolff dockyard in Belfast, to the moment, more than 90 years on from the disaster, when a relative visits the resting place of her grandfather, who served on board, in a graveyard in Nova Scotia for the first time. Whether you're at school, university, or just someone interested in the Titanic, the site offers a great insight and some fantastic iconic footage of what she looks like today, more than two miles beneath the Atlantic."