Four ten-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns formed the main battery, mounted in two twin turrets. After firing, the crews drew each gun back so it could be loaded through the muzzle. Later additions included twelve-pounder bronze howitzers, one-inch four-barrel Nordenfelt guns, six-pounder Nordenfelts, and fourteen-pounder Maxim quick-firers. The secondary weapons arrived through changes in 1883, 1890, and 1897. The discussion raises pirates moving south from the Singapore Strait or South China Sea as one possible target. That anti-piracy role is presented as a deterrent possibility, not a recorded action.
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Four ten-inch guns and a changing secondary battery
Cerberus carried four ten-inch rifled muzzle-loaders in twin turrets, then gained lighter guns between 1883 and 1897 for local threats and deterrence.