If I am not mistaken James Watt did not own or name a ship. He was an inventor and mechanical engineer who improved the steam engine and developed the concept of horsepower. The SI Unit (international system of units) which is a modern form of the metric system, was named after him.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.