More than 200,000 records relating to the Titanic have been published online coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking, BBC reported Monday.

The documents provide information about survivors and the 1,500 people who died, including a number of wills and hundreds of coroner inquest files.

The collection has been gathered by the subscription-based family history website Ancestry.co.uk.

However, access to the records is free till May 31.

The Titanic, built in Belfast, sank in the Atlantic ocean after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage to New York, April 15, 1912.

The records include the ship's official passenger list with names, ages and occupations of those on board the ill-fated liner.

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With a hand carefully positioned under its huge belly, Andy O’Connor poses with the catch of his life.

The novice angler had just spent 15 exhausting minutes battling to land the monster pike.

When he weighed it, he was amazed to discover it tipped the scales at exactly 46lb – equalling the 190-year-old record for the biggest pike caught in England.
The 20-year-old roofer from Hull was about to pack up and go home when the enormous fish took his line. He said: ‘I had caught a small trout earlier in the day and me and a friend were about to call it a day when my float started going. ‘As soon as I got a feel of it I knew it was a big one, but when it came towards the net I saw just how big it was and nerves nearly got the better of me.’
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