Dubbed a stone frigate, HMCS Tecumseh is a land-based naval training establishment crewed by part-time sailors and also serves as a local recruitment centre for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).

[1] HMCS Tecumseh is named after the Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early 19th century.

With the arrival of the Kingston-class coastal defence vessels, officers from Tecumseh were selected as the commissioning captains of HMC ships Edmonton, Whitehorse, Saskatoon and Brandon.

Tecumseh personnel were deployed to combat Manitoba's 1997 flood, provided security at the 1997 APEC meeting in Vancouver, and assisted in the recovery mission following the Swissair Flight 111 crash off Halifax as members of the maritime coastal defence vessel crews assigned to the operation.

[5] Tecumseh helped mark the centennial of the Canadian Navy in 2010, a significant year in Calgary's military history, with three army reserve units also celebrating 100th anniversaries.