A number of smaller guns were carried for close-range defense against torpedo boats. These included twenty 50-caliber Canet Model 1891 QF guns. Eight of these were mounted in casemates in the side of the hull and in the superstructure. The remaining guns were located above the 6-inch gun casemates in pivot mounts with gun shields. The gun fired shells to a range of about , at an elevation of +20° degrees with a muzzle velocity of . The "Bayan" class also mounted eight ("Bayan") or four QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss Hotchkiss guns in the three later ships. They fired a shell. In addition, "Bayan" was fitted with two Hotchkiss guns that fired a shell at a muzzle velocity of .