The main battery of the "Borodino"s consisted of four Pattern 1895 guns which were mounted in two twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their secondary armament of twelve Pattern 1892 guns were mounted in six twin-gun turrets carried on the upper deck, three turrets on each broadside. Defense against torpedo boats was provided by a suite of smaller guns. The twenty Pattern 1892 guns carried were mounted in casemates in the sides of the hull. The ships also mounted twenty QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss Hotchkiss guns in the superstructure. The ships were fitted with four torpedo tubes, one each above water in the bow and in the stern, and a submerged tube on each broadside.