[Lou L]

Could the destroyer have been pinned to the bow of the freighter for a time,caught between bulbous bow, prow and force of water from freighter’s headway?

Sure. Anything is possible during a collision like that. It doesn't answer the question, "how did the two ships collide in the first place?"

[Roccus]

I wasn’t attempting to answer that question, but thought it might help to explain time discrepancies.