The ship's main battery consisted of four 254mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891 guns mounted in two twin-gun turrets, one forward and one aft of the superstructure. The secondary armament consisted of eleven Canet 152 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892 quick-firing (QF) guns, mounted in casemates on the sides of the hull and in the bow, underneath the forecastle. Several smaller guns were carried for defense against torpedo boats. These included twenty 75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892 QF guns, twenty QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss Hotchkiss guns and eight guns. She was also armed with five torpedo tubes, three above water and two submerged. The ship carried 45 mines to be used to protect her anchorage. "Peresvet"s waterline armor belt consisted of Harvey armor and was thick. The Krupp cemented armor of her gun turrets had a maximum thickness of nine inches and her deck ranged from in thickness.