A number of smaller guns were carried for defense against torpedo boats. These included twenty 50-calibre Canet QF 75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892 guns; 14 in hull embrasures and the remaining six mounted on the superstructure. The ship carried 300 shells for each gun. They fired a shell at a muzzle velocity of to a maximum range of at an elevation of 13°. "Tsesarevich" also mounted twenty QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss Hotchkiss guns in the superstructure. They fired a shell at a muzzle velocity of at a rate of around 15 rounds per minute. Eight smaller Maxim QF guns were also fitted, but their locations are unknown. They fired a shell at a muzzle velocity of .